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Awar Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Awar is a large village located in Agar Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 475 families residing. The Awar village has population of 2189 of which 1144 are males while 1045 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Awar village population of children with age 0-6 is 377 which makes up 17.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Awar village is 913 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Awar as per census is 984, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Awar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Awar village was 53.31 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Awar Male literacy stands at 68.45 % while female literacy rate was 36.48 %.

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

Awar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 475 - -
Population 2,189 1,144 1,045
Child (0-6) 377 190 187
Schedule Caste 619 309 310
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.31 % 68.45 % 36.48 %
Total Workers 1,131 617 514
Main Worker 1,000 - -
Marginal Worker 131 22 109

Caste Factor

Awar village of Shajapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.28 % of total population in Awar village. The village Awar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Awar village out of total population, 1131 were engaged in work activities. 88.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1131 workers engaged in Main Work, 217 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 651 were Agricultural labourer.