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Mahaka Population - Gondiya, Maharashtra

Mahaka is a medium size village located in Deori Taluka of Gondiya district, Maharashtra with total 247 families residing. The Mahaka village has population of 1197 of which 584 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 12.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahaka village is 1050 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahaka as per census is 1224, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Mahaka village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahaka village was 60.02 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Mahaka Male literacy stands at 69.25 % while female literacy rate was 51.04 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahaka 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 Mahaka village.

Mahaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,197 584 613
Child (0-6) 149 67 82
Schedule Caste 74 38 36
Schedule Tribe 1,094 530 564
Literacy 60.02 % 69.25 % 51.04 %
Total Workers 740 370 370
Main Worker 300 - -
Marginal Worker 440 152 288

Caste Factor

In Mahaka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.18 % of total population in Mahaka village.

Work Profile

In Mahaka village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 40.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 275 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.