Shankardah is a medium size village located in Dhamtari Tehsil of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh with total 261 families residing. The Shankardah village has population of 1258 of which 646 are males while 612 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Shankardah village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 13.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankardah village is 947 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankardah as per census is 844, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.
Shankardah village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankardah village was 83.88 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shankardah Male literacy stands at 91.55 % while female literacy rate was 75.93 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shankardah 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 Shankardah village.
Shankardah Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
261 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,258 |
646 |
612 |
| Child (0-6) |
166 |
90 |
76 |
| Schedule Caste |
26 |
13 |
13 |
| Schedule Tribe |
492 |
254 |
238 |
| Literacy |
83.88 % |
91.55 % |
75.93 % |
| Total Workers |
622 |
338 |
284 |
| Main Worker |
150 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
472 |
209 |
263 |
Caste Factor
In Shankardah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.07 % of total population in Shankardah village.
Work Profile
In Shankardah village out of total population, 622 were engaged in work activities. 24.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 622 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.