IWMP-1 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State

3.2. Socio-Economic Profile
3.2.1 Demographic Status:
Sankoi project covers 9 villages in Jhagadia taluka. It covers 1554 household with 7778 population (as per base-line survey) out of which
3923 are male and 3855 are female. Sex ratio of the area is 982 female to 1000 male. This ratio varies from village to village from 910 to 1015.
In the project area only Schedule Tribe are there. The average family size of the villages is 4. There are 1513 BPL families in the project area. The
literacy rate of the area is 42.47%, out of which male literacy rate is 28.0% and female literacy rate is 39.09%. This is very low due to lack of
awareness in villagers. High school is far away from the villages and transport facility is also very bad in the villages so people can’t go to the
high school. Majority of population is involved as a wage labour in agriculture and animal husbandry.
Table no. 21: Demographic information
Sr.
No.
Village Population SC ST
1 Kharetha 1322 655 667
Total Male Female Total Male Female % Total Male Female %
1322 655 667 100
2 Kund 189 99 90 189 99 90 100
3 Vandarveli 251 125 126 251 125 126 100
4 Valpor 880 443 437 880 443 437 100
5 Galiba 1371 691 680 NA
1371 691 680 100
6 Fichvada 578 292 286 578 292 286 100
7 Rupghat 589 283 306 589 283 306 100
8 Sankoi 1819 936 883 1819 936 883 100
9 Varkhadi 779 399 380 779 399 380 100
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