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Lanja Population - Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Lanja is a medium size village located in Simga Tehsil of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh with total 242 families residing. The Lanja village has population of 1211 of which 606 are males while 605 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 16.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lanja village is 998 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Lanja as per census is 990, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Lanja village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lanja village was 65.51 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Lanja Male literacy stands at 80.32 % while female literacy rate was 50.70 %.

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

Lanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,211 606 605
Child (0-6) 205 103 102
Schedule Caste 133 74 59
Schedule Tribe 151 84 67
Literacy 65.51 % 80.32 % 50.70 %
Total Workers 607 329 278
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 375 182 193

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.47 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.98 % of total population in Lanja village.

Work Profile

In Lanja village out of total population, 607 were engaged in work activities. 38.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.