Keriya Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Keriya is a medium size village located in Jamai Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 53 families residing. The Keriya village has population of 274 of which 131 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 21.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keriya village is 1092 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Keriya as per census is 1222, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Keriya village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Keriya village was 56.07 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Keriya Male literacy stands at 70.19 % while female literacy rate was 42.73 %.

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

Keriya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	53	-	-
Population	274	131	143
Child (0-6)	60	27	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	269	128	141
Literacy	56.07 %	70.19 %	42.73 %
Total Workers	116	59	57
Main Worker	5	-	-
Marginal Worker	111	56	55

Caste Factor

In Keriya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.18 % of total population in Keriya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Keriya village of Chhindwara.

Work Profile

In Keriya village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 4.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.