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Shahpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Shahpur is a medium size village located in Samri(kusmi) Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 344 families residing. The Shahpur village has population of 1340 of which 676 are males while 664 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahpur village is 982 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahpur as per census is 953, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Shahpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahpur village was 60.65 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shahpur Male literacy stands at 67.84 % while female literacy rate was 53.38 %.

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

Shahpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,340 676 664
Child (0-6) 209 107 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,038 512 526
Literacy 60.65 % 67.84 % 53.38 %
Total Workers 709 386 323
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 509 224 285

Caste Factor

In Shahpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.46 % of total population in Shahpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shahpur village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Shahpur village out of total population, 709 were engaged in work activities. 28.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 709 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.