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Bakel Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Bakel is a large village located in Bastar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 523 families residing. The Bakel village has population of 2474 of which 1209 are males while 1265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakel village population of children with age 0-6 is 476 which makes up 19.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakel village is 1046 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakel as per census is 1052, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Bakel village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakel village was 43.89 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Bakel Male literacy stands at 54.15 % while female literacy rate was 34.08 %.

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

Bakel Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 523 - -
Population 2,474 1,209 1,265
Child (0-6) 476 232 244
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,619 791 828
Literacy 43.89 % 54.15 % 34.08 %
Total Workers 1,220 689 531
Main Worker 389 - -
Marginal Worker 831 326 505

Caste Factor

In Bakel village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.44 % of total population in Bakel village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bakel village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Bakel village out of total population, 1220 were engaged in work activities. 31.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1220 workers engaged in Main Work, 340 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.