Behdaj Population - Sabarkantha, Gujarat

Behdaj is a medium size village located in Meghraj Taluka of Sabarkantha district, Gujarat with total 174 families residing. The Behdaj village has population of 840 of which 447 are males while 393 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Behdaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 14.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Behdaj village is 879 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Behdaj as per census is 862, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Behdaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Behdaj village was 69.82 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Behdaj Male literacy stands at 81.15 % while female literacy rate was 56.97 %.

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

Behdaj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	174	-	-
Population	840	447	393
Child (0-6)	121	65	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	228	121	107
Literacy	69.82 %	81.15 %	56.97 %
Total Workers	552	279	273
Main Worker	291	-	-
Marginal Worker	261	3	258

Caste Factor

Behdaj village of Sabarkantha has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 27.14 % of total population in Behdaj village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Behdaj village of Sabarkantha.

Work Profile

In Behdaj village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 52.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 285 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.