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Yerkod Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Yerkod is a medium size village located in Manpur Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 138 families residing. The Yerkod village has population of 766 of which 390 are males while 376 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Yerkod village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 19.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Yerkod village is 964 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Yerkod as per census is 1013, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Yerkod village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Yerkod village was 58.86 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Yerkod Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 45.67 %.

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

Yerkod Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 766 390 376
Child (0-6) 151 75 76
Schedule Caste 62 36 26
Schedule Tribe 517 258 259
Literacy 58.86 % 71.43 % 45.67 %
Total Workers 422 220 202
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Yerkod village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.49 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.09 % of total population in Yerkod village.

Work Profile

In Yerkod village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 99.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 308 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.