Gotaj Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Gotaj is a small village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 24 families residing. The Gotaj village has population of 148 of which 80 are males while 68 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gotaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 19.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gotaj village is 850 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gotaj as per census is 381, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gotaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gotaj village was 49.58 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gotaj Male literacy stands at 61.02 % while female literacy rate was 38.33 %.

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

Gotaj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	24	-	-
Population	148	80	68
Child (0-6)	29	21	8
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	134	72	62
Literacy	49.58 %	61.02 %	38.33 %
Total Workers	78	41	37
Main Worker	44	-	-
Marginal Worker	34	12	22

Caste Factor

In Gotaj village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.54 % of total population in Gotaj village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gotaj village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Gotaj village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 56.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.