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Prakashpur Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Prakashpur is a medium size village located in Khairagarh Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 269 families residing. The Prakashpur village has population of 1496 of which 767 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Prakashpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 15.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Prakashpur village is 950 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Prakashpur as per census is 856, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Prakashpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Prakashpur village was 68.12 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Prakashpur Male literacy stands at 79.75 % while female literacy rate was 56.11 %.

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

Prakashpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 269 - -
Population 1,496 767 729
Child (0-6) 232 125 107
Schedule Caste 296 164 132
Schedule Tribe 247 121 126
Literacy 68.12 % 79.75 % 56.11 %
Total Workers 915 468 447
Main Worker 620 - -
Marginal Worker 295 143 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.51 % of total population in Prakashpur village.

Work Profile

In Prakashpur village out of total population, 915 were engaged in work activities. 67.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 915 workers engaged in Main Work, 515 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.