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Chaura Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Chaura is a large village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 513 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 2240 of which 1083 are males while 1157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 411 which makes up 18.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 1068 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 1015, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Chaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 52.32 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 62.34 % while female literacy rate was 43.05 %.

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

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 513 - -
Population 2,240 1,083 1,157
Child (0-6) 411 204 207
Schedule Caste 93 44 49
Schedule Tribe 1,579 765 814
Literacy 52.32 % 62.34 % 43.05 %
Total Workers 1,264 643 621
Main Worker 602 - -
Marginal Worker 662 207 455

Caste Factor

In Chaura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.49 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.15 % of total population in Chaura village.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 1264 were engaged in work activities. 47.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1264 workers engaged in Main Work, 351 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.