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Gawala Population - West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Gawala is a medium size village located in Jhiranya Tehsil of West Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 320 families residing. The Gawala village has population of 1889 of which 972 are males while 917 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawala village population of children with age 0-6 is 348 which makes up 18.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawala village is 943 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawala as per census is 861, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gawala village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawala village was 52.50 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gawala Male literacy stands at 59.49 % while female literacy rate was 45.24 %.

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

Gawala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,889 972 917
Child (0-6) 348 187 161
Schedule Caste 106 53 53
Schedule Tribe 1,053 557 496
Literacy 52.50 % 59.49 % 45.24 %
Total Workers 928 492 436
Main Worker 565 - -
Marginal Worker 363 56 307

Caste Factor

In Gawala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.61 % of total population in Gawala village.

Work Profile

In Gawala village out of total population, 928 were engaged in work activities. 60.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 928 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.