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Gawhan Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Gawhan is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 193 families residing. The Gawhan village has population of 1042 of which 533 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawhan village is 955 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawhan as per census is 1286, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Gawhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawhan village was 71.27 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Gawhan Male literacy stands at 81.28 % while female literacy rate was 60.28 %.

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

Gawhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,042 533 509
Child (0-6) 144 63 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,042 533 509
Literacy 71.27 % 81.28 % 60.28 %
Total Workers 551 277 274
Main Worker 281 - -
Marginal Worker 270 6 264

Caste Factor

In Gawhan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gawhan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gawhan village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Gawhan village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 51.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.