Jatam Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Jatam is a medium size village located in Jagdalpur Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 205 families residing. The Jatam village has population of 793 of which 418 are males while 375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jatam village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 14.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jatam village is 897 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jatam as per census is 639, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jatam village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jatam village was 53.19 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jatam Male literacy stands at 67.63 % while female literacy rate was 37.99 %.

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

Jatam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	205	-	-
Population	793	418	375
Child (0-6)	118	72	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	629	318	311
Literacy	53.19 %	67.63 %	37.99 %
Total Workers	363	214	149
Main Worker	99	-	-
Marginal Worker	264	123	141

Caste Factor

In Jatam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.32 % of total population in Jatam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jatam village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Jatam village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 27.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.