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Wala Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Wala is a medium size village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 74 families residing. The Wala village has population of 417 of which 210 are males while 207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wala village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 24.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wala village is 986 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Wala as per census is 980, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Wala village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Wala village was 51.90 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Wala Male literacy stands at 64.15 % while female literacy rate was 39.49 %.

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

Wala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 417 210 207
Child (0-6) 101 51 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 353 176 177
Literacy 51.90 % 64.15 % 39.49 %
Total Workers 213 109 104
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 69 5 64

Caste Factor

In Wala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.65 % of total population in Wala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wala village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Wala village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 67.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.