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Pajra Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Pajra is a medium size village located in Chaurai Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 289 families residing. The Pajra village has population of 1339 of which 667 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 10.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pajra village is 1007 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Pajra as per census is 811, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Pajra village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pajra village was 73.78 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Pajra Male literacy stands at 79.93 % while female literacy rate was 67.81 %.

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

Pajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,339 667 672
Child (0-6) 134 74 60
Schedule Caste 182 84 98
Schedule Tribe 283 147 136
Literacy 73.78 % 79.93 % 67.81 %
Total Workers 566 385 181
Main Worker 481 - -
Marginal Worker 85 42 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.59 % of total population in Pajra village.

Work Profile

In Pajra village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 84.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.