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Gandhwa Population - East Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Gandhwa is a large village located in Khandwa Tehsil of East Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 1061 families residing. The Gandhwa village has population of 4949 of which 2523 are males while 2426 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 784 which makes up 15.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhwa village is 962 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhwa as per census is 898, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gandhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhwa village was 61.66 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gandhwa Male literacy stands at 71.28 % while female literacy rate was 51.78 %.

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

Gandhwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,061 - -
Population 4,949 2,523 2,426
Child (0-6) 784 413 371
Schedule Caste 509 270 239
Schedule Tribe 2,164 1,086 1,078
Literacy 61.66 % 71.28 % 51.78 %
Total Workers 2,654 1,469 1,185
Main Worker 2,365 - -
Marginal Worker 289 66 223

Caste Factor

In Gandhwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.28 % of total population in Gandhwa village.

Work Profile

In Gandhwa village out of total population, 2654 were engaged in work activities. 89.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2654 workers engaged in Main Work, 640 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1531 were Agricultural labourer.