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Gajar Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Gajar is a medium size village located in Ramanujganj Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 352 families residing. The Gajar village has population of 1671 of which 873 are males while 798 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajar village population of children with age 0-6 is 354 which makes up 21.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajar village is 914 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajar as per census is 1046, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gajar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajar village was 66.36 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gajar Male literacy stands at 75.71 % while female literacy rate was 55.75 %.

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

Gajar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,671 873 798
Child (0-6) 354 173 181
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 667 345 322
Literacy 66.36 % 75.71 % 55.75 %
Total Workers 663 389 274
Main Worker 462 - -
Marginal Worker 201 54 147

Caste Factor

In Gajar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.92 % of total population in Gajar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gajar village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Gajar village out of total population, 663 were engaged in work activities. 69.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 663 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.