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Pahurnar Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Pahurnar is a medium size village located in Gidam Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 177 families residing. The Pahurnar village has population of 767 of which 392 are males while 375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pahurnar village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 18.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pahurnar village is 957 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Pahurnar as per census is 857, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Pahurnar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pahurnar village was 36.70 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Pahurnar Male literacy stands at 46.35 % while female literacy rate was 26.86 %.

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

Pahurnar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 767 392 375
Child (0-6) 143 77 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 521 266 255
Literacy 36.70 % 46.35 % 26.86 %
Total Workers 363 182 181
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 336 156 180

Caste Factor

In Pahurnar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.93 % of total population in Pahurnar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pahurnar village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Pahurnar village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 7.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.