Sahanwari Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Sahanwari is a medium size village located in Bichhua Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 143 families residing. The Sahanwari village has population of 633 of which 335 are males while 298 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahanwari village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 11.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahanwari village is 890 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahanwari as per census is 714, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sahanwari village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahanwari village was 79.86 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sahanwari Male literacy stands at 86.69 % while female literacy rate was 72.39 %.

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

Sahanwari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	143	-	-
Population	633	335	298
Child (0-6)	72	42	30
Schedule Caste	181	88	93
Schedule Tribe	367	197	170
Literacy	79.86 %	86.69 %	72.39 %
Total Workers	309	179	130
Main Worker	194	-	-
Marginal Worker	115	18	97

Caste Factor

In Sahanwari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.98 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.59 % of total population in Sahanwari village.

Work Profile

In Sahanwari village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 62.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.