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Karekatta Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Karekatta is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 266 families residing. The Karekatta village has population of 1423 of which 770 are males while 653 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karekatta village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 13.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karekatta village is 848 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karekatta as per census is 1086, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karekatta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karekatta village was 66.88 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karekatta Male literacy stands at 75.63 % while female literacy rate was 56.16 %.

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

Karekatta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,423 770 653
Child (0-6) 194 93 101
Schedule Caste 59 32 27
Schedule Tribe 665 336 329
Literacy 66.88 % 75.63 % 56.16 %
Total Workers 599 480 119
Main Worker 588 - -
Marginal Worker 11 5 6

Caste Factor

In Karekatta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.15 % of total population in Karekatta village.

Work Profile

In Karekatta village out of total population, 599 were engaged in work activities. 98.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 599 workers engaged in Main Work, 451 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.