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Karji Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Karji is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 310 families residing. The Karji village has population of 1482 of which 720 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karji village population of children with age 0-6 is 239 which makes up 16.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karji village is 1058 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karji as per census is 992, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karji village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karji village was 43.44 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karji Male literacy stands at 49.33 % while female literacy rate was 37.95 %.

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

Karji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,482 720 762
Child (0-6) 239 120 119
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,359 653 706
Literacy 43.44 % 49.33 % 37.95 %
Total Workers 938 462 476
Main Worker 638 - -
Marginal Worker 300 40 260

Caste Factor

In Karji village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.70 % of total population in Karji village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karji village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Karji village out of total population, 938 were engaged in work activities. 68.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 938 workers engaged in Main Work, 593 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.