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Pakhanwa Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Pakhanwa is a medium size village located in Palanpur Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 122 families residing. The Pakhanwa village has population of 705 of which 367 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pakhanwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 17.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pakhanwa village is 921 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Pakhanwa as per census is 875, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Pakhanwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Pakhanwa village was 69.74 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Pakhanwa Male literacy stands at 83.17 % while female literacy rate was 55.32 %.

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

Pakhanwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 705 367 338
Child (0-6) 120 64 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 296 160 136
Literacy 69.74 % 83.17 % 55.32 %
Total Workers 354 177 177
Main Worker 353 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Pakhanwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.99 % of total population in Pakhanwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pakhanwa village of Banaskantha.

Work Profile

In Pakhanwa village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 99.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 326 were Agricultural labourer.