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Shankarpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Wadrafnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 328 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1526 of which 768 are males while 758 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 18.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 987 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 1079, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 57.80 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 69.79 % while female literacy rate was 45.39 %.

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

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,526 768 758
Child (0-6) 289 139 150
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,389 698 691
Literacy 57.80 % 69.79 % 45.39 %
Total Workers 843 441 402
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 334 28 306

Caste Factor

In Shankarpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.02 % of total population in Shankarpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shankarpur village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 843 were engaged in work activities. 60.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 843 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 436 were Agricultural labourer.