Gaykhas Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Gaykhas is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 66 families residing. The Gaykhas village has population of 374 of which 181 are males while 193 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaykhas village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 18.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaykhas village is 1066 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaykhas as per census is 1556, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Gaykhas village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaykhas village was 71.80 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Gaykhas Male literacy stands at 83.77 % while female literacy rate was 59.60 %.

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

Gaykhas Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	66	-	-
Population	374	181	193
Child (0-6)	69	27	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	369	178	191
Literacy	71.80 %	83.77 %	59.60 %
Total Workers	173	87	86
Main Worker	82	-	-
Marginal Worker	91	10	81

Caste Factor

In Gaykhas village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.66 % of total population in Gaykhas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gaykhas village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Gaykhas village out of total population, 173 were engaged in work activities. 47.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 173 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.