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Sahanpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Sahanpur is a medium size village located in Sitapur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 325 families residing. The Sahanpur village has population of 1382 of which 710 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahanpur village is 946 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahanpur as per census is 1115, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sahanpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahanpur village was 55.94 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sahanpur Male literacy stands at 68.98 % while female literacy rate was 41.73 %.

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

Sahanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 325 - -
Population 1,382 710 672
Child (0-6) 220 104 116
Schedule Caste 114 62 52
Schedule Tribe 763 382 381
Literacy 55.94 % 68.98 % 41.73 %
Total Workers 737 395 342
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 319 50 269

Caste Factor

In Sahanpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.25 % of total population in Sahanpur village.

Work Profile

In Sahanpur village out of total population, 737 were engaged in work activities. 56.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 737 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.