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Dawankara Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Dawankara is a medium size village located in Pratappur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 466 families residing. The Dawankara village has population of 1767 of which 872 are males while 895 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dawankara village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 17.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dawankara village is 1026 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dawankara as per census is 968, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dawankara village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dawankara village was 60.82 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dawankara Male literacy stands at 71.93 % while female literacy rate was 50.13 %.

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

Dawankara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 466 - -
Population 1,767 872 895
Child (0-6) 307 156 151
Schedule Caste 96 46 50
Schedule Tribe 543 274 269
Literacy 60.82 % 71.93 % 50.13 %
Total Workers 898 481 417
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 565 193 372

Caste Factor

Dawankara village of Surguja has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.43 % of total population in Dawankara village.

Work Profile

In Dawankara village out of total population, 898 were engaged in work activities. 37.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 898 workers engaged in Main Work, 175 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.