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Sawer Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Sawer is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 192 families residing. The Sawer village has population of 844 of which 433 are males while 411 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawer village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 13.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawer village is 949 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawer as per census is 1426, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sawer village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawer village was 78.77 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sawer Male literacy stands at 88.08 % while female literacy rate was 68.31 %.

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

Sawer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 844 433 411
Child (0-6) 114 47 67
Schedule Caste 32 16 16
Schedule Tribe 438 229 209
Literacy 78.77 % 88.08 % 68.31 %
Total Workers 327 234 93
Main Worker 325 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Sawer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.79 % of total population in Sawer village.

Work Profile

In Sawer village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 99.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.