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Kerha Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Kerha is a medium size village located in Sohagpur Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 424 families residing. The Kerha village has population of 1728 of which 892 are males while 836 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerha village population of children with age 0-6 is 248 which makes up 14.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerha village is 937 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerha as per census is 865, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kerha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerha village was 55.54 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kerha Male literacy stands at 67.59 % while female literacy rate was 42.86 %.

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

Kerha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 424 - -
Population 1,728 892 836
Child (0-6) 248 133 115
Schedule Caste 145 77 68
Schedule Tribe 715 349 366
Literacy 55.54 % 67.59 % 42.86 %
Total Workers 1,001 508 493
Main Worker 891 - -
Marginal Worker 110 28 82

Caste Factor

In Kerha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.39 % of total population in Kerha village.

Work Profile

In Kerha village out of total population, 1001 were engaged in work activities. 89.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1001 workers engaged in Main Work, 388 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 468 were Agricultural labourer.