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Kerha Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Kerha is a medium size village located in Jaitpur Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 112 families residing. The Kerha village has population of 492 of which 261 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerha village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerha village is 885 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerha as per census is 923, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kerha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerha village was 64.51 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kerha Male literacy stands at 80.63 % while female literacy rate was 46.15 %.

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 112 - -
Population 492 261 231
Child (0-6) 75 39 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 390 211 179
Literacy 64.51 % 80.63 % 46.15 %
Total Workers 268 150 118
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 96 53 43

Caste Factor

In Kerha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.27 % of total population in Kerha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerha village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Kerha village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 64.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.