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Burgum Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Burgum is a medium size village located in Bastanar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 243 families residing. The Burgum village has population of 1201 of which 563 are males while 638 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burgum village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burgum village is 1133 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Burgum as per census is 1036, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Burgum village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Burgum village was 10.17 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Burgum Male literacy stands at 13.96 % while female literacy rate was 6.88 %.

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

Burgum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,201 563 638
Child (0-6) 169 83 86
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,199 562 637
Literacy 10.17 % 13.96 % 6.88 %
Total Workers 438 261 177
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 214 52 162

Caste Factor

In Burgum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.83 % of total population in Burgum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Burgum village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Burgum village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 51.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.