Overview
Surajpur is a Municipality city in district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Surajpur city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Surajpur Municipality has population of 20,189 of which 10,430 are males while 9,759 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2649 which is 13.12 % of total population of Surajpur (M). In Surajpur Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 936 against state average of 991. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Surajpur is around 867 compared to Chhattisgarh state average of 969. Literacy rate of Surajpur city is 79.89 % higher than state average of 70.28 %. In Surajpur, Male literacy is around 86.74 % while female literacy rate is 72.66 %.
Surajpur Municipality has total administration over 4,397 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Surajpur Caste Factor
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.34 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.45 % of total population in Surajpur (M).
Surajpur Work Profile
Out of total population, 6,810 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 5,408 were males while 1,402 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 6810 working population, 83.80 % were engaged in Main Work while 16.20 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Surajpur 2020 Population
The next census for Surajpur Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2020 are estimates only.