Sohgaon Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Sohgaon is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 94 families residing. The Sohgaon village has population of 484 of which 220 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 15.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohgaon village is 1200 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohgaon as per census is 1643, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sohgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohgaon village was 62.68 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sohgaon Male literacy stands at 69.79 % while female literacy rate was 56.42 %.

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

Sohgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	484	220	264
Child (0-6)	74	28	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	445	200	245
Literacy	62.68 %	69.79 %	56.42 %
Total Workers	213	127	86
Main Worker	118	-	-
Marginal Worker	95	39	56

Caste Factor

In Sohgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.94 % of total population in Sohgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sohgaon village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Sohgaon village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 55.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.