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Wajhar Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Wajhar is a large village located in Niwali Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 577 families residing. The Wajhar village has population of 3763 of which 1921 are males while 1842 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wajhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 749 which makes up 19.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wajhar village is 959 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Wajhar as per census is 896, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Wajhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Wajhar village was 38.75 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Wajhar Male literacy stands at 44.82 % while female literacy rate was 32.53 %.

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

Wajhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 577 - -
Population 3,763 1,921 1,842
Child (0-6) 749 395 354
Schedule Caste 160 81 79
Schedule Tribe 3,241 1,647 1,594
Literacy 38.75 % 44.82 % 32.53 %
Total Workers 2,158 1,112 1,046
Main Worker 1,402 - -
Marginal Worker 756 178 578

Caste Factor

In Wajhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.25 % of total population in Wajhar village.

Work Profile

In Wajhar village out of total population, 2158 were engaged in work activities. 64.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2158 workers engaged in Main Work, 796 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 481 were Agricultural labourer.