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Nawgai Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Nawgai is a medium size village located in Surajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 252 families residing. The Nawgai village has population of 1168 of which 584 are males while 584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawgai village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 19.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawgai village is 1000 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawgai as per census is 947, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Nawgai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawgai village was 43.97 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Nawgai Male literacy stands at 54.04 % while female literacy rate was 34.03 %.

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

Nawgai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,168 584 584
Child (0-6) 222 114 108
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,034 520 514
Literacy 43.97 % 54.04 % 34.03 %
Total Workers 457 294 163
Main Worker 290 - -
Marginal Worker 167 42 125

Caste Factor

In Nawgai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.53 % of total population in Nawgai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nawgai village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Nawgai village out of total population, 457 were engaged in work activities. 63.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 457 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 131 were Agricultural labourer.