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Ponjer Population - Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

Ponjer is a medium size village located in Bijapur Tehsil of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh with total 41 families residing. The Ponjer village has population of 203 of which 104 are males while 99 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponjer village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 19.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponjer village is 952 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponjer as per census is 667, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Ponjer village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponjer village was 19.02 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Ponjer Male literacy stands at 28.75 % while female literacy rate was 9.64 %.

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

Ponjer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 203 104 99
Child (0-6) 40 24 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 203 104 99
Literacy 19.02 % 28.75 % 9.64 %
Total Workers 120 60 60
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 66 22 44

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Ponjer village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 45.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.