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Penkodo Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Penkodo is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 46 families residing. The Penkodo village has population of 251 of which 127 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penkodo village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 17.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penkodo village is 976 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Penkodo as per census is 913, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Penkodo village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Penkodo village was 49.76 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Penkodo Male literacy stands at 58.65 % while female literacy rate was 40.78 %.

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

Penkodo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 251 127 124
Child (0-6) 44 23 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 251 127 124
Literacy 49.76 % 58.65 % 40.78 %
Total Workers 72 66 6
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Penkodo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Penkodo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Penkodo village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Penkodo village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 93.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.