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Salemeta Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Salemeta is a medium size village located in Bastar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 208 families residing. The Salemeta village has population of 1010 of which 516 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salemeta village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 17.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salemeta village is 957 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Salemeta as per census is 871, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Salemeta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salemeta village was 55.26 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Salemeta Male literacy stands at 70.21 % while female literacy rate was 39.95 %.

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

Salemeta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 1,010 516 494
Child (0-6) 174 93 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 839 419 420
Literacy 55.26 % 70.21 % 39.95 %
Total Workers 507 318 189
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 183 46 137

Caste Factor

In Salemeta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.07 % of total population in Salemeta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salemeta village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Salemeta village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 63.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.