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Jepra Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Jepra is a medium size village located in Charama Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 455 families residing. The Jepra village has population of 1933 of which 953 are males while 980 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jepra village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jepra village is 1028 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jepra as per census is 928, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jepra village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jepra village was 75.09 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jepra Male literacy stands at 83.41 % while female literacy rate was 67.08 %.

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

Jepra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 455 - -
Population 1,933 953 980
Child (0-6) 187 97 90
Schedule Caste 170 86 84
Schedule Tribe 902 451 451
Literacy 75.09 % 83.41 % 67.08 %
Total Workers 1,072 569 503
Main Worker 671 - -
Marginal Worker 401 194 207

Caste Factor

In Jepra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.66 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.79 % of total population in Jepra village.

Work Profile

In Jepra village out of total population, 1072 were engaged in work activities. 62.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1072 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 296 were Agricultural labourer.