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Jama Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Jama is a medium size village located in Lakhanpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 78 families residing. The Jama village has population of 308 of which 154 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jama village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 19.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jama village is 1000 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jama as per census is 1069, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jama village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jama village was 24.19 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jama Male literacy stands at 33.60 % while female literacy rate was 14.63 %.

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

Jama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 308 154 154
Child (0-6) 60 29 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 292 142 150
Literacy 24.19 % 33.60 % 14.63 %
Total Workers 194 99 95
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 107 15 92

Caste Factor

In Jama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.81 % of total population in Jama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jama village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Jama village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 44.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.