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Kekar Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Kekar is a medium size village located in Chohtan Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 150 families residing. The Kekar village has population of 899 of which 477 are males while 422 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kekar village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 17.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kekar village is 885 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Kekar as per census is 814, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Kekar village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Kekar village was 56.39 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Kekar Male literacy stands at 68.54 % while female literacy rate was 42.90 %.

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

Kekar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 899 477 422
Child (0-6) 156 86 70
Schedule Caste 51 31 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.39 % 68.54 % 42.90 %
Total Workers 460 253 207
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 177 132 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.67 % of total population in Kekar village. The village Kekar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kekar village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 61.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 268 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.