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Cherkanti Population - Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

Cherkanti is a medium size village located in Bijapur Tehsil of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh with total 98 families residing. The Cherkanti village has population of 384 of which 183 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cherkanti village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 20.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cherkanti village is 1098 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Cherkanti as per census is 1162, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Cherkanti village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Cherkanti village was 24.01 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Cherkanti Male literacy stands at 34.93 % while female literacy rate was 13.92 %.

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

Cherkanti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 384 183 201
Child (0-6) 80 37 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 133 69 64
Literacy 24.01 % 34.93 % 13.92 %
Total Workers 259 123 136
Main Worker 2 - -
Marginal Worker 257 121 136

Caste Factor

Cherkanti village of Bijapur has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 34.64 % of total population in Cherkanti village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cherkanti village of Bijapur.

Work Profile

In Cherkanti village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 0.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.