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Jiganiya Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Jiganiya is a medium size village located in Samri(kusmi) Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 364 families residing. The Jiganiya village has population of 1668 of which 863 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jiganiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 282 which makes up 16.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jiganiya village is 933 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jiganiya as per census is 905, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jiganiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jiganiya village was 51.23 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jiganiya Male literacy stands at 62.24 % while female literacy rate was 39.49 %.

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

Jiganiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,668 863 805
Child (0-6) 282 148 134
Schedule Caste 99 48 51
Schedule Tribe 1,375 719 656
Literacy 51.23 % 62.24 % 39.49 %
Total Workers 930 474 456
Main Worker 902 - -
Marginal Worker 28 10 18

Caste Factor

In Jiganiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.94 % of total population in Jiganiya village.

Work Profile

In Jiganiya village out of total population, 930 were engaged in work activities. 96.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 930 workers engaged in Main Work, 637 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 196 were Agricultural labourer.