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Gowari Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Gowari is a medium size village located in Baihar Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 235 families residing. The Gowari village has population of 1160 of which 586 are males while 574 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowari village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 11.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowari village is 980 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowari as per census is 925, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gowari village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowari village was 73.13 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gowari Male literacy stands at 81.70 % while female literacy rate was 64.45 %.

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

Gowari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,160 586 574
Child (0-6) 129 67 62
Schedule Caste 27 14 13
Schedule Tribe 757 382 375
Literacy 73.13 % 81.70 % 64.45 %
Total Workers 598 324 274
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 226 81 145

Caste Factor

In Gowari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.33 % of total population in Gowari village.

Work Profile

In Gowari village out of total population, 598 were engaged in work activities. 62.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 598 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.