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Gawal Population - West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Gawal is a medium size village located in Barwaha Tehsil of West Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 329 families residing. The Gawal village has population of 1697 of which 853 are males while 844 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawal village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 12.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawal village is 989 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawal as per census is 1000, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gawal village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawal village was 66.22 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gawal Male literacy stands at 79.04 % while female literacy rate was 53.24 %.

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

Gawal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,697 853 844
Child (0-6) 208 104 104
Schedule Caste 404 203 201
Schedule Tribe 153 69 84
Literacy 66.22 % 79.04 % 53.24 %
Total Workers 913 488 425
Main Worker 862 - -
Marginal Worker 51 24 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.02 % of total population in Gawal village.

Work Profile

In Gawal village out of total population, 913 were engaged in work activities. 94.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 913 workers engaged in Main Work, 405 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 423 were Agricultural labourer.