Lafan Population - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Lafan is a medium size village located in Ghughari Tehsil of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh with total 242 families residing. The Lafan village has population of 988 of which 478 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lafan village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lafan village is 1067 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Lafan as per census is 1138, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Lafan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lafan village was 55.12 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Lafan Male literacy stands at 70.22 % while female literacy rate was 40.83 %.

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

Lafan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	242	-	-
Population	988	478	510
Child (0-6)	139	65	74
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	874	424	450
Literacy	55.12 %	70.22 %	40.83 %
Total Workers	574	280	294
Main Worker	506	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	28	40

Caste Factor

In Lafan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.46 % of total population in Lafan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lafan village of Mandla.

Work Profile

In Lafan village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 88.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 458 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.