Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Gurja Population - Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh

Gurja is a small village located in Vijaypur Tehsil of Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 37 families residing. The Gurja village has population of 145 of which 80 are males while 65 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurja village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 13.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurja village is 813 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurja as per census is 1111, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gurja village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurja village was 73.02 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gurja Male literacy stands at 78.87 % while female literacy rate was 65.45 %.

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

Gurja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 145 80 65
Child (0-6) 19 9 10
Schedule Caste 66 36 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.02 % 78.87 % 65.45 %
Total Workers 77 43 34
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 26 4 22

Caste Factor

In Gurja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.52 % of total population in Gurja village. The village Gurja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurja village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 66.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.