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Galgaon Population - West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Galgaon is a medium size village located in Barwaha Tehsil of West Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 271 families residing. The Galgaon village has population of 1278 of which 644 are males while 634 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 12.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galgaon village is 984 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Galgaon as per census is 826, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Galgaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Galgaon village was 90.19 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Galgaon Male literacy stands at 95.70 % while female literacy rate was 84.72 %.

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

Galgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,278 644 634
Child (0-6) 157 86 71
Schedule Caste 294 156 138
Schedule Tribe 21 11 10
Literacy 90.19 % 95.70 % 84.72 %
Total Workers 671 364 307
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 181 54 127

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.64 % of total population in Galgaon village.

Work Profile

In Galgaon village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 73.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 270 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 197 were Agricultural labourer.