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Chalka Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Chalka is a medium size village located in Kondagaon Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 153 families residing. The Chalka village has population of 746 of which 354 are males while 392 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalka village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 20.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalka village is 1107 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalka as per census is 1096, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Chalka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalka village was 33.22 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Chalka Male literacy stands at 41.28 % while female literacy rate was 25.96 %.

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

Chalka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 746 354 392
Child (0-6) 153 73 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 674 313 361
Literacy 33.22 % 41.28 % 25.96 %
Total Workers 434 197 237
Main Worker 360 - -
Marginal Worker 74 24 50

Caste Factor

In Chalka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.35 % of total population in Chalka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chalka village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Chalka village out of total population, 434 were engaged in work activities. 82.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 434 workers engaged in Main Work, 318 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.