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Mahelan Population - PanchMahal, Gujarat

Mahelan is a medium size village located in Shehera Taluka of PanchMahal district, Gujarat with total 205 families residing. The Mahelan village has population of 1215 of which 604 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahelan village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 16.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahelan village is 1012 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahelan as per census is 1289, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Mahelan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahelan village was 52.43 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Mahelan Male literacy stands at 62.06 % while female literacy rate was 42.42 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahelan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mahelan village.

Mahelan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,215 604 611
Child (0-6) 206 90 116
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 320 165 155
Literacy 52.43 % 62.06 % 42.42 %
Total Workers 662 350 312
Main Worker 575 - -
Marginal Worker 87 28 59

Caste Factor

Mahelan village of PanchMahal has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 26.34 % of total population in Mahelan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahelan village of PanchMahal.

Work Profile

In Mahelan village out of total population, 662 were engaged in work activities. 86.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 662 workers engaged in Main Work, 379 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 167 were Agricultural labourer.