Saunta Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Saunta is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 265 families residing. The Saunta village has population of 1058 of which 545 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saunta village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 14.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saunta village is 941 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Saunta as per census is 1013, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Saunta village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Saunta village was 61.66 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Saunta Male literacy stands at 73.99 % while female literacy rate was 48.39 %.

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

Saunta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	265	-	-
Population	1,058	545	513
Child (0-6)	153	76	77
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	423	228	195
Literacy	61.66 %	73.99 %	48.39 %
Total Workers	546	280	266
Main Worker	35	-	-
Marginal Worker	511	254	257

Caste Factor

In Saunta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.98 % of total population in Saunta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saunta village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Saunta village out of total population, 546 were engaged in work activities. 6.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 546 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.