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Karkepa Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Karkepa is a medium size village located in Balrampur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 129 families residing. The Karkepa village has population of 485 of which 254 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkepa village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 8.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkepa village is 909 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkepa as per census is 577, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karkepa village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkepa village was 40.54 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karkepa Male literacy stands at 53.07 % while female literacy rate was 27.31 %.

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

Karkepa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 485 254 231
Child (0-6) 41 26 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 243 127 116
Literacy 40.54 % 53.07 % 27.31 %
Total Workers 221 123 98
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 182 92 90

Caste Factor

In Karkepa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.10 % of total population in Karkepa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karkepa village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Karkepa village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 17.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.