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Handawada Population - Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh

Handawada is a medium size village located in Orchha Tehsil of Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 117 families residing. The Handawada village has population of 568 of which 324 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handawada village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 24.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handawada village is 753 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Handawada as per census is 903, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Handawada village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Handawada village was 28.31 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Handawada Male literacy stands at 44.44 % while female literacy rate was 5.59 %.

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

Handawada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 568 324 244
Child (0-6) 137 72 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 466 273 193
Literacy 28.31 % 44.44 % 5.59 %
Total Workers 317 181 136
Main Worker 133 - -
Marginal Worker 184 52 132

Caste Factor

In Handawada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.04 % of total population in Handawada village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Handawada village of Narayanpur.

Work Profile

In Handawada village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 41.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.