Uphiya Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Uphiya is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 114 families residing. The Uphiya village has population of 574 of which 286 are males while 288 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Uphiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Uphiya village is 1007 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Uphiya as per census is 864, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Uphiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Uphiya village was 55.39 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Uphiya Male literacy stands at 62.56 % while female literacy rate was 48.52 %.

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

Uphiya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	114	-	-
Population	574	286	288
Child (0-6)	110	59	51
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	567	283	284
Literacy	55.39 %	62.56 %	48.52 %
Total Workers	252	133	119
Main Worker	198	-	-
Marginal Worker	54	14	40

Caste Factor

In Uphiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.78 % of total population in Uphiya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Uphiya village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Uphiya village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 78.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.