Devala is a medium size village located in Nizar Taluka of Tapi district, Gujarat with total 268 families residing. The Devala village has population of 1461 of which 726 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Devala village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 14.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Devala village is 1012 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Devala as per census is 1010, higher than Gujarat average of 890.
Devala village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Devala village was 65.31 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Devala Male literacy stands at 77.05 % while female literacy rate was 53.72 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Devala 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 Devala village.
Devala Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
268 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,461 |
726 |
735 |
| Child (0-6) |
207 |
103 |
104 |
| Schedule Caste |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Schedule Tribe |
757 |
359 |
398 |
| Literacy |
65.31 % |
77.05 % |
53.72 % |
| Total Workers |
675 |
449 |
226 |
| Main Worker |
608 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
67 |
35 |
32 |
Caste Factor
In Devala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.81 % of total population in Devala village.
There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Devala village of Tapi.
Work Profile
In Devala village out of total population, 675 were engaged in work activities. 90.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 675 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 399 were Agricultural labourer.