Damkasa Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Damkasa is a medium size village located in Charama Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 113 families residing. The Damkasa village has population of 451 of which 220 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damkasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 7.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damkasa village is 1050 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Damkasa as per census is 941, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Damkasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Damkasa village was 80.86 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Damkasa Male literacy stands at 91.63 % while female literacy rate was 70.70 %.

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

Damkasa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	113	-	-
Population	451	220	231
Child (0-6)	33	17	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	412	201	211
Literacy	80.86 %	91.63 %	70.70 %
Total Workers	287	134	153
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	162	14	148

Caste Factor

In Damkasa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.35 % of total population in Damkasa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damkasa village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Damkasa village out of total population, 287 were engaged in work activities. 43.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 287 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.