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Amarkot Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Amarkot is a medium size village located in Saraipali Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 352 families residing. The Amarkot village has population of 1490 of which 749 are males while 741 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amarkot village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 13.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amarkot village is 989 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Amarkot as per census is 825, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Amarkot village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Amarkot village was 67.86 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Amarkot Male literacy stands at 79.69 % while female literacy rate was 56.26 %.

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

Amarkot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,490 749 741
Child (0-6) 208 114 94
Schedule Caste 190 93 97
Schedule Tribe 391 192 199
Literacy 67.86 % 79.69 % 56.26 %
Total Workers 703 454 249
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 239 31 208

Caste Factor

Amarkot village of Mahasamund has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 26.24 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.75 % of total population in Amarkot village.

Work Profile

In Amarkot village out of total population, 703 were engaged in work activities. 66.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 703 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 226 were Agricultural labourer.