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Alka Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Alka is a medium size village located in Wadrafnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 308 families residing. The Alka village has population of 1436 of which 740 are males while 696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alka village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 14.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alka village is 941 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Alka as per census is 981, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Alka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Alka village was 50.82 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Alka Male literacy stands at 60.28 % while female literacy rate was 40.68 %.

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

Alka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 308 - -
Population 1,436 740 696
Child (0-6) 214 108 106
Schedule Caste 7 3 4
Schedule Tribe 1,349 696 653
Literacy 50.82 % 60.28 % 40.68 %
Total Workers 1,205 620 585
Main Worker 1,129 - -
Marginal Worker 76 39 37

Caste Factor

In Alka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.49 % of total population in Alka village.

Work Profile

In Alka village out of total population, 1205 were engaged in work activities. 93.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1205 workers engaged in Main Work, 513 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 579 were Agricultural labourer.