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Sawala Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Sawala is a medium size village located in Keskal Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 239 families residing. The Sawala village has population of 1258 of which 630 are males while 628 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawala village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 16.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawala village is 997 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawala as per census is 1158, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sawala village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawala village was 49.76 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sawala Male literacy stands at 55.70 % while female literacy rate was 43.63 %.

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

Sawala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,258 630 628
Child (0-6) 205 95 110
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 1,084 531 553
Literacy 49.76 % 55.70 % 43.63 %
Total Workers 909 478 431
Main Worker 334 - -
Marginal Worker 575 177 398

Caste Factor

In Sawala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.48 % of total population in Sawala village.

Work Profile

In Sawala village out of total population, 909 were engaged in work activities. 36.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 909 workers engaged in Main Work, 282 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.