Gairatganj Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Raisen, Madhya Pradesh - Census 2011

Gairatganj is a Nagar Panchayat city situated in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. The Gairatganj city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 3,830 families residing in the Gairatganj city. The total population of Gairatganj is 18,184 out of which 9,449 are males and 8,735 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gairatganj is 924.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gairatganj city is 2714 which is 15% of the total population. There are 1397 male children and 1317 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gairatganj is 943 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (924).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gairatganj is 79.7%. Thus Gairatganj has higher literacy rate compared to 73% of Raisen district. The male literacy rate is 85.08% and the female literacy rate is 73.83% in Gairatganj.

Gairatganj Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 3,830 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Gairatganj Nagar Panchayat

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Gairatganj Nagar Panchayat.

Total Male Female
Children 2,714 1,397 1,317
Literacy 79.7% 72.5% 62.7%
Scheduled Caste 2,715 1,423 1,292
Scheduled Tribe 401 184 217
Illiterate 5,856 2,598 3,258

Caste-wise Population - Gairatganj

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.2% of total population in Gairatganj.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 2,715 1,423 1,292
Schedule Tribe 401 184 217

Religion-wise Population - Gairatganj

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Gairatganj is 12,515 which is 68.82% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Gairatganj is 4,385 which is 24.11% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Gairatganj as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 12,515 (68.82%) 6,523 5,992
Muslim 4,385 (24.11%) 2,276 2,109
Christian 42 (0.23%) 18 24
Sikh 24 (0.13%) 11 13
Buddhist 6 (0.03%) 2 4
Jain 1,202 (6.61%) 612 590
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 10 (0.05%) 7 3

Literacy Rate - Gairatganj

The total literacy rate of Gairatganj was 79.69% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 69.32% of Madhya Pradesh. Population-wise, out of total 12,328 literates, males were 6,851 while females were 5,477. Also the male literacy rate was 85.08% and the female literacy rate was 73.83% in Gairatganj.

  Gairatganj Madhya Pradesh
Female 73.83% 59.24%
Male 85.08% 78.73%
Total 79.69% 69.32%

Sex Ratio - Gairatganj

The Sex Ratio of Gairatganj is 924. Thus per every 1000 men there were 924 females in Gairatganj. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 943 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 924 ) of Gairatganj.

Child Population - Gairatganj

According to Census 2011, there were 2,714 children between age 0 to 6 years in Gairatganj. Out of which 1,397 were male while 1,317 were female.

Working Population - Gairatganj

In Gairatganj Nagar Panchayat out of total population, 5,963 were engaged in work activities. 70.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5,963 workers engaged in Main Work, 531 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 356 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,224 3,668 556
Cultivators 531 509 22
Agriculture Labourer 356 315 41
Household Industries 123 87 36
Other Workers 3,214 2,757 457
Marginal Workers 1,739 1,127 612
Non Working 12,221 4,654 7,567

Gairatganj Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Gairatganj is further divided into 15 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 1,500 72.1% 971
2 Ward No - 2 1,910 70% 918
3 Ward No - 3 870 63.6% 904
4 Ward No - 4 416 74.5% 935
5 Ward No - 5 573 82% 904
6 Ward No - 6 889 62.9% 980
7 Ward No - 7 1,092 64.9% 1,018
8 Ward No - 8 1,489 65.8% 964
9 Ward No - 9 1,050 79.5% 955
10 Ward No - 10 1,440 51.9% 954
11 Ward No - 11 1,398 65.1% 884
12 Ward No - 12 1,360 56.1% 818
13 Ward No - 13 1,532 77.2% 882
14 Ward No - 14 1,497 68.8% 905
15 Ward No - 15 1,168 73.5% 924

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