Kewjhar Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Kewjhar is a medium size village located in Samri(kusmi) Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 86 families residing. The Kewjhar village has population of 435 of which 219 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kewjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 20.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kewjhar village is 986 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kewjhar as per census is 1045, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kewjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kewjhar village was 57.97 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kewjhar Male literacy stands at 72.00 % while female literacy rate was 43.53 %.

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

Kewjhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	86	-	-
Population	435	219	216
Child (0-6)	90	44	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	393	197	196
Literacy	57.97 %	72.00 %	43.53 %
Total Workers	113	111	2
Main Worker	102	-	-
Marginal Worker	11	9	2

Caste Factor

In Kewjhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.34 % of total population in Kewjhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kewjhar village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Kewjhar village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 90.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.