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Karai Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Karai is a medium size village located in Lakhanpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 188 families residing. The Karai village has population of 783 of which 394 are males while 389 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karai village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 17.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karai village is 987 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karai as per census is 1060, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karai village was 49.30 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karai Male literacy stands at 60.86 % while female literacy rate was 37.42 %.

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

Karai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 783 394 389
Child (0-6) 138 67 71
Schedule Caste 4 1 3
Schedule Tribe 751 377 374
Literacy 49.30 % 60.86 % 37.42 %
Total Workers 430 221 209
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 377 174 203

Caste Factor

In Karai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.51 % of total population in Karai village.

Work Profile

In Karai village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 12.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.