Majority of population is agriculture dependent & percentage of population living at low standard of living is 80.6. Growth rate recorded recently is 21.5%.
Literacy rate of Sehore district is 71.11% which was 63.07% in 2001. Gender wise, male and female literacy were 82.37 and 58.86 respectively in year 2011, which in 2001 census, were 77.28% and 47.36%. 9 % of mothers between 17-55 years of age can read and this percentage is bound to increase in future. Sri Satya Sai Group of Institutions can humbly claim some role in these statistics.
Now with establishment of Sri Satya Sai University of Technology & Medical Sciences, the overall scenario is expected to improve further.