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Faraskot Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Faraskot is a medium size village located in Bhanupratappur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 132 families residing. The Faraskot village has population of 626 of which 299 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Faraskot village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 12.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Faraskot village is 1094 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Faraskot as per census is 1139, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Faraskot village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Faraskot village was 73.41 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Faraskot Male literacy stands at 88.59 % while female literacy rate was 59.44 %.

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

Faraskot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 626 299 327
Child (0-6) 77 36 41
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 426 204 222
Literacy 73.41 % 88.59 % 59.44 %
Total Workers 343 168 175
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 47 7 40

Caste Factor

In Faraskot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.24 % of total population in Faraskot village.

Work Profile

In Faraskot village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 86.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 219 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.