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Karekot Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Karekot is a medium size village located in Lohandiguda Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 285 families residing. The Karekot village has population of 1308 of which 629 are males while 679 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karekot village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 15.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karekot village is 1079 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Karekot as per census is 1019, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Karekot village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karekot village was 29.36 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Karekot Male literacy stands at 37.45 % while female literacy rate was 21.95 %.

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

Karekot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,308 629 679
Child (0-6) 208 103 105
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 481 232 249
Literacy 29.36 % 37.45 % 21.95 %
Total Workers 775 366 409
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 482 115 367

Caste Factor

In Karekot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.77 % of total population in Karekot village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karekot village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Karekot village out of total population, 775 were engaged in work activities. 37.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 775 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.