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Markadand Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Markadand is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 226 families residing. The Markadand village has population of 1024 of which 515 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Markadand village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 17.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Markadand village is 988 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Markadand as per census is 1011, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Markadand village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Markadand village was 58.78 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Markadand Male literacy stands at 68.22 % while female literacy rate was 49.17 %.

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

Markadand Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,024 515 509
Child (0-6) 175 87 88
Schedule Caste 2 0 2
Schedule Tribe 677 333 344
Literacy 58.78 % 68.22 % 49.17 %
Total Workers 585 291 294
Main Worker 434 - -
Marginal Worker 151 37 114

Caste Factor

In Markadand village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.20 % of total population in Markadand village.

Work Profile

In Markadand village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 74.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.