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Petla Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Petla is a large village located in Sitapur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 919 families residing. The Petla village has population of 3848 of which 1978 are males while 1870 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petla village population of children with age 0-6 is 593 which makes up 15.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petla village is 945 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Petla as per census is 932, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Petla village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Petla village was 53.18 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Petla Male literacy stands at 63.49 % while female literacy rate was 42.30 %.

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

Petla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 919 - -
Population 3,848 1,978 1,870
Child (0-6) 593 307 286
Schedule Caste 81 40 41
Schedule Tribe 2,723 1,392 1,331
Literacy 53.18 % 63.49 % 42.30 %
Total Workers 2,265 1,143 1,122
Main Worker 1,052 - -
Marginal Worker 1,213 349 864

Caste Factor

In Petla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.76 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.10 % of total population in Petla village.

Work Profile

In Petla village out of total population, 2265 were engaged in work activities. 46.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2265 workers engaged in Main Work, 732 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 152 were Agricultural labourer.