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Burgum Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Burgum is a medium size village located in Kuakonda Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 230 families residing. The Burgum village has population of 1008 of which 429 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burgum village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 16.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burgum village is 1350 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Burgum as per census is 1343, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Burgum village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Burgum village was 12.09 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Burgum Male literacy stands at 22.84 % while female literacy rate was 4.12 %.

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

Burgum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,008 429 579
Child (0-6) 164 70 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,008 429 579
Literacy 12.09 % 22.84 % 4.12 %
Total Workers 580 284 296
Main Worker 573 - -
Marginal Worker 7 1 6

Caste Factor

In Burgum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Burgum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Burgum village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Burgum village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 98.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 399 were Agricultural labourer.