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Okra Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Okra is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 293 families residing. The Okra village has population of 1365 of which 670 are males while 695 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okra village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 17.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okra village is 1037 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Okra as per census is 933, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Okra village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Okra village was 58.78 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Okra Male literacy stands at 68.18 % while female literacy rate was 49.91 %.

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

Okra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,365 670 695
Child (0-6) 232 120 112
Schedule Caste 49 24 25
Schedule Tribe 1,164 572 592
Literacy 58.78 % 68.18 % 49.91 %
Total Workers 632 369 263
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 226 72 154

Caste Factor

In Okra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.59 % of total population in Okra village.

Work Profile

In Okra village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 64.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 256 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 125 were Agricultural labourer.