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Kerta Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Kerta is a large village located in Pratappur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 510 families residing. The Kerta village has population of 2318 of which 1209 are males while 1109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerta village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerta village is 917 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerta as per census is 984, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kerta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerta village was 51.46 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kerta Male literacy stands at 61.19 % while female literacy rate was 40.71 %.

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

Kerta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 510 - -
Population 2,318 1,209 1,109
Child (0-6) 369 186 183
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,616 852 764
Literacy 51.46 % 61.19 % 40.71 %
Total Workers 763 649 114
Main Worker 593 - -
Marginal Worker 170 98 72

Caste Factor

In Kerta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.04 % of total population in Kerta village.

Work Profile

In Kerta village out of total population, 763 were engaged in work activities. 77.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 763 workers engaged in Main Work, 484 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.