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Meghawas Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Meghawas is a medium size village located in Pachpadra Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 194 families residing. The Meghawas village has population of 1240 of which 620 are males while 620 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghawas village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 18.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghawas village is 1000 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghawas as per census is 902, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Meghawas village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghawas village was 51.19 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Meghawas Male literacy stands at 66.87 % while female literacy rate was 35.88 %.

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

Meghawas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,240 620 620
Child (0-6) 232 122 110
Schedule Caste 160 76 84
Schedule Tribe 29 16 13
Literacy 51.19 % 66.87 % 35.88 %
Total Workers 661 321 340
Main Worker 584 - -
Marginal Worker 77 22 55

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.34 % of total population in Meghawas village.

Work Profile

In Meghawas village out of total population, 661 were engaged in work activities. 88.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 661 workers engaged in Main Work, 561 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.