Janj Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Janj is a medium size village located in Oudgi Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 120 families residing. The Janj village has population of 569 of which 301 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Janj village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 19.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Janj village is 890 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Janj as per census is 794, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Janj village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Janj village was 45.39 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Janj Male literacy stands at 60.08 % while female literacy rate was 29.36 %.

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

Janj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	569	301	268
Child (0-6)	113	63	50
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	528	276	252
Literacy	45.39 %	60.08 %	29.36 %
Total Workers	298	153	145
Main Worker	127	-	-
Marginal Worker	171	32	139

Caste Factor

In Janj village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.79 % of total population in Janj village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Janj village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Janj village out of total population, 298 were engaged in work activities. 42.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 298 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.