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Padenga Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Padenga is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 70 families residing. The Padenga village has population of 453 of which 234 are males while 219 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Padenga village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 8.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Padenga village is 936 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Padenga as per census is 1294, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Padenga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Padenga village was 59.90 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Padenga Male literacy stands at 68.66 % while female literacy rate was 50.25 %.

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

Padenga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 453 234 219
Child (0-6) 39 17 22
Schedule Caste 19 10 9
Schedule Tribe 297 152 145
Literacy 59.90 % 68.66 % 50.25 %
Total Workers 177 134 43
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Padenga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.56 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.19 % of total population in Padenga village.

Work Profile

In Padenga village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 98.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.