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Sounga Population - Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh

Sounga is a medium size village located in Magarlod Tehsil of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh with total 250 families residing. The Sounga village has population of 1286 of which 639 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sounga village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sounga village is 1013 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sounga as per census is 928, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sounga village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sounga village was 80.80 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sounga Male literacy stands at 90.04 % while female literacy rate was 71.81 %.

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

Sounga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 250 - -
Population 1,286 639 647
Child (0-6) 187 97 90
Schedule Caste 31 14 17
Schedule Tribe 42 19 23
Literacy 80.80 % 90.04 % 71.81 %
Total Workers 609 343 266
Main Worker 608 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.41 % of total population in Sounga village.

Work Profile

In Sounga village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 99.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 379 were Agricultural labourer.