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Marjum Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Marjum is a medium size village located in Katekalyan Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 339 families residing. The Marjum village has population of 1682 of which 880 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marjum village population of children with age 0-6 is 335 which makes up 19.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marjum village is 911 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Marjum as per census is 872, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Marjum village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Marjum village was 8.61 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Marjum Male literacy stands at 10.56 % while female literacy rate was 6.50 %.

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

Marjum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 339 - -
Population 1,682 880 802
Child (0-6) 335 179 156
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,640 861 779
Literacy 8.61 % 10.56 % 6.50 %
Total Workers 755 490 265
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 367 170 197

Caste Factor

In Marjum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.50 % of total population in Marjum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marjum village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Marjum village out of total population, 755 were engaged in work activities. 51.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 755 workers engaged in Main Work, 377 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.