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Sahjar Population - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Sahjar is a medium size village located in Ghughari Tehsil of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh with total 390 families residing. The Sahjar village has population of 1811 of which 887 are males while 924 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahjar village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahjar village is 1042 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahjar as per census is 768, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sahjar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahjar village was 57.07 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sahjar Male literacy stands at 72.06 % while female literacy rate was 43.48 %.

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

Sahjar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 390 - -
Population 1,811 887 924
Child (0-6) 290 164 126
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,176 583 593
Literacy 57.07 % 72.06 % 43.48 %
Total Workers 962 465 497
Main Worker 750 - -
Marginal Worker 212 106 106

Caste Factor

In Sahjar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.06 % of total population in Sahjar village.

Work Profile

In Sahjar village out of total population, 962 were engaged in work activities. 77.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 962 workers engaged in Main Work, 591 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.