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Dakuwa Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Dakuwa is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 242 families residing. The Dakuwa village has population of 1143 of which 555 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakuwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 16.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakuwa village is 1059 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakuwa as per census is 1022, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dakuwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakuwa village was 46.39 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dakuwa Male literacy stands at 53.03 % while female literacy rate was 40.16 %.

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

Dakuwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,143 555 588
Child (0-6) 188 93 95
Schedule Caste 33 15 18
Schedule Tribe 1,047 510 537
Literacy 46.39 % 53.03 % 40.16 %
Total Workers 601 298 303
Main Worker 576 - -
Marginal Worker 25 7 18

Caste Factor

In Dakuwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.89 % of total population in Dakuwa village.

Work Profile

In Dakuwa village out of total population, 601 were engaged in work activities. 95.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 601 workers engaged in Main Work, 461 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.