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Karap Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Karap is a medium size village located in Narharpur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 248 families residing. The Karap village has population of 1089 of which 527 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karap village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karap village is 1066 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karap as per census is 800, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karap village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karap village was 68.12 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karap Male literacy stands at 81.40 % while female literacy rate was 56.13 %.

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

Karap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,089 527 562
Child (0-6) 126 70 56
Schedule Caste 74 30 44
Schedule Tribe 561 271 290
Literacy 68.12 % 81.40 % 56.13 %
Total Workers 644 321 323
Main Worker 378 - -
Marginal Worker 266 59 207

Caste Factor

In Karap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.52 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.80 % of total population in Karap village.

Work Profile

In Karap village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 58.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 129 were Agricultural labourer.