Karetha is a medium size village located in Dhamtari Tehsil of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh with total 208 families residing. The Karetha village has population of 954 of which 468 are males while 486 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Karetha village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 13.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karetha village is 1038 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karetha as per census is 817, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.
Karetha village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karetha village was 79.15 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karetha Male literacy stands at 92.95 % while female literacy rate was 66.36 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karetha 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 Karetha village.
Karetha Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
208 |
- |
- |
| Population |
954 |
468 |
486 |
| Child (0-6) |
129 |
71 |
58 |
| Schedule Caste |
337 |
159 |
178 |
| Schedule Tribe |
364 |
183 |
181 |
| Literacy |
79.15 % |
92.95 % |
66.36 % |
| Total Workers |
481 |
257 |
224 |
| Main Worker |
466 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
15 |
9 |
6 |
Caste Factor
In Karetha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.16 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 35.32 % of total population in Karetha village.
Work Profile
In Karetha village out of total population, 481 were engaged in work activities. 96.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 481 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 225 were Agricultural labourer.