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Lau Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Lau is a large village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 567 families residing. The Lau village has population of 2573 of which 1279 are males while 1294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lau village population of children with age 0-6 is 464 which makes up 18.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lau village is 1012 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Lau as per census is 778, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Lau village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lau village was 45.00 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Lau Male literacy stands at 52.26 % while female literacy rate was 38.22 %.

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

Lau Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 567 - -
Population 2,573 1,279 1,294
Child (0-6) 464 261 203
Schedule Caste 10 5 5
Schedule Tribe 2,253 1,114 1,139
Literacy 45.00 % 52.26 % 38.22 %
Total Workers 1,389 692 697
Main Worker 640 - -
Marginal Worker 749 150 599

Caste Factor

In Lau village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.56 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.39 % of total population in Lau village.

Work Profile

In Lau village out of total population, 1389 were engaged in work activities. 46.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1389 workers engaged in Main Work, 333 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 267 were Agricultural labourer.