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Gatam Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Gatam is a medium size village located in Katekalyan Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 276 families residing. The Gatam village has population of 1204 of which 578 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gatam village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 19.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gatam village is 1083 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gatam as per census is 1288, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gatam village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gatam village was 24.02 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gatam Male literacy stands at 34.18 % while female literacy rate was 14.23 %.

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

Gatam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,204 578 626
Child (0-6) 238 104 134
Schedule Caste 6 4 2
Schedule Tribe 1,152 551 601
Literacy 24.02 % 34.18 % 14.23 %
Total Workers 639 342 297
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 434 159 275

Caste Factor

In Gatam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.68 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.50 % of total population in Gatam village.

Work Profile

In Gatam village out of total population, 639 were engaged in work activities. 32.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 639 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.