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Turga Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Turga is a medium size village located in Lakhanpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 138 families residing. The Turga village has population of 512 of which 252 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turga village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 19.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turga village is 1032 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Turga as per census is 836, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Turga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Turga village was 31.87 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Turga Male literacy stands at 45.18 % while female literacy rate was 19.63 %.

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

Turga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 512 252 260
Child (0-6) 101 55 46
Schedule Caste 47 28 19
Schedule Tribe 415 196 219
Literacy 31.87 % 45.18 % 19.63 %
Total Workers 328 166 162
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 36 24 12

Caste Factor

In Turga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.18 % of total population in Turga village.

Work Profile

In Turga village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 89.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.