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Sankar Population - Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh

Sankar is a medium size village located in Akaltara Tehsil of Janjgir Champa district, Chhattisgarh with total 462 families residing. The Sankar village has population of 1971 of which 982 are males while 989 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 13.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankar village is 1007 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankar as per census is 1070, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sankar village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankar village was 74.38 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sankar Male literacy stands at 86.53 % while female literacy rate was 62.21 %.

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

Sankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 462 - -
Population 1,971 982 989
Child (0-6) 265 128 137
Schedule Caste 209 99 110
Schedule Tribe 460 230 230
Literacy 74.38 % 86.53 % 62.21 %
Total Workers 1,355 721 634
Main Worker 936 - -
Marginal Worker 419 190 229

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 23.34 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.60 % of total population in Sankar village.

Work Profile

In Sankar village out of total population, 1355 were engaged in work activities. 69.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1355 workers engaged in Main Work, 356 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 492 were Agricultural labourer.