Sawnar Population - Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

Sawnar is a medium size village located in Bijapur Tehsil of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh with total 149 families residing. The Sawnar village has population of 679 of which 368 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawnar village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 12.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawnar village is 845 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawnar as per census is 1000, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sawnar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawnar village was 8.38 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sawnar Male literacy stands at 11.93 % while female literacy rate was 4.07 %.

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

Sawnar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	679	368	311
Child (0-6)	82	41	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	677	366	311
Literacy	8.38 %	11.93 %	4.07 %
Total Workers	458	249	209
Main Worker	172	-	-
Marginal Worker	286	78	208

Caste Factor

In Sawnar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Sawnar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sawnar village of Bijapur.

Work Profile

In Sawnar village out of total population, 458 were engaged in work activities. 37.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 458 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.