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Nawagarh Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Nawagarh is a medium size village located in Keskal Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 178 families residing. The Nawagarh village has population of 888 of which 442 are males while 446 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawagarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 17.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawagarh village is 1009 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawagarh as per census is 837, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Nawagarh village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawagarh village was 43.84 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Nawagarh Male literacy stands at 51.12 % while female literacy rate was 36.90 %.

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

Nawagarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 888 442 446
Child (0-6) 158 86 72
Schedule Caste 65 32 33
Schedule Tribe 745 370 375
Literacy 43.84 % 51.12 % 36.90 %
Total Workers 483 248 235
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 274 52 222

Caste Factor

In Nawagarh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.32 % of total population in Nawagarh village.

Work Profile

In Nawagarh village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 43.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.