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Gavan Population - Belgaum, Karnataka

Gavan is a medium size village located in Chikodi Taluka of Belgaum district, Karnataka with total 318 families residing. The Gavan village has population of 1700 of which 989 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gavan village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 8.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gavan village is 719 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gavan as per census is 1127, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Gavan village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gavan village was 80.76 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gavan Male literacy stands at 89.54 % while female literacy rate was 67.99 %.

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

Gavan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,700 989 711
Child (0-6) 151 71 80
Schedule Caste 288 148 140
Schedule Tribe 7 5 2
Literacy 80.76 % 89.54 % 67.99 %
Total Workers 596 405 191
Main Worker 375 - -
Marginal Worker 221 96 125

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.41 % of total population in Gavan village.

Work Profile

In Gavan village out of total population, 596 were engaged in work activities. 62.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 596 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.