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Shamtara Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Shamtara is a medium size village located in Narharpur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 292 families residing. The Shamtara village has population of 1241 of which 598 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamtara village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 9.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamtara village is 1075 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamtara as per census is 1259, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Shamtara village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamtara village was 68.63 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shamtara Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 56.70 %.

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

Shamtara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,241 598 643
Child (0-6) 122 54 68
Schedule Caste 19 9 10
Schedule Tribe 486 233 253
Literacy 68.63 % 81.25 % 56.70 %
Total Workers 787 383 404
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 296 41 255

Caste Factor

In Shamtara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.16 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.53 % of total population in Shamtara village.

Work Profile

In Shamtara village out of total population, 787 were engaged in work activities. 62.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 787 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.