Gumjhir Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Gumjhir is a medium size village located in Antagarh Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 81 families residing. The Gumjhir village has population of 434 of which 235 are males while 199 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gumjhir village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 7.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gumjhir village is 847 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gumjhir as per census is 600, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gumjhir village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gumjhir village was 37.06 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gumjhir Male literacy stands at 45.12 % while female literacy rate was 27.81 %.

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

Gumjhir Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	81	-	-
Population	434	235	199
Child (0-6)	32	20	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	418	227	191
Literacy	37.06 %	45.12 %	27.81 %
Total Workers	343	187	156
Main Worker	145	-	-
Marginal Worker	198	66	132

Caste Factor

In Gumjhir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.31 % of total population in Gumjhir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gumjhir village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Gumjhir village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 42.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.