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Sham Nagar Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Sham Nagar is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 318 families residing. The Sham Nagar village has population of 1517 of which 801 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sham Nagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sham Nagar village is 894 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sham Nagar as per census is 928, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sham Nagar village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sham Nagar village was 79.77 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sham Nagar Male literacy stands at 88.35 % while female literacy rate was 70.13 %.

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

Sham Nagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,517 801 716
Child (0-6) 187 97 90
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 36 20 16
Literacy 79.77 % 88.35 % 70.13 %
Total Workers 844 448 396
Main Worker 674 - -
Marginal Worker 170 30 140

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.37 % of total population in Sham Nagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sham Nagar village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Sham Nagar village out of total population, 844 were engaged in work activities. 79.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 844 workers engaged in Main Work, 632 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.