Salka Population - Korea, Chhattisgarh

Salka is a medium size village located in Baikunthpur Tehsil of Korea district, Chhattisgarh with total 312 families residing. The Salka village has population of 1335 of which 690 are males while 645 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salka village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 14.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salka village is 935 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Salka as per census is 913, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Salka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salka village was 66.90 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Salka Male literacy stands at 79.69 % while female literacy rate was 53.27 %.

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

Salka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	312	-	-
Population	1,335	690	645
Child (0-6)	199	104	95
Schedule Caste	448	220	228
Schedule Tribe	420	216	204
Literacy	66.90 %	79.69 %	53.27 %
Total Workers	637	381	256
Main Worker	358	-	-
Marginal Worker	279	37	242

Caste Factor

In Salka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.46 % of total population in Salka village.

Work Profile

In Salka village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 56.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.