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Ara Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Ara is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 349 families residing. The Ara village has population of 1850 of which 925 are males while 925 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ara village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 17.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ara village is 1000 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Ara as per census is 1136, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Ara village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ara village was 58.91 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Ara Male literacy stands at 70.69 % while female literacy rate was 46.80 %.

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

Ara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 1,850 925 925
Child (0-6) 329 154 175
Schedule Caste 19 11 8
Schedule Tribe 473 233 240
Literacy 58.91 % 70.69 % 46.80 %
Total Workers 867 474 393
Main Worker 536 - -
Marginal Worker 331 69 262

Caste Factor

Ara village of Surguja has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 25.57 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.03 % of total population in Ara village.

Work Profile

In Ara village out of total population, 867 were engaged in work activities. 61.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 867 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 236 were Agricultural labourer.