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Cherakur Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Cherakur is a medium size village located in Bastar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 301 families residing. The Cherakur village has population of 1333 of which 619 are males while 714 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cherakur village population of children with age 0-6 is 284 which makes up 21.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cherakur village is 1153 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Cherakur as per census is 1254, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Cherakur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Cherakur village was 33.46 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Cherakur Male literacy stands at 40.77 % while female literacy rate was 26.98 %.

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

Cherakur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,333 619 714
Child (0-6) 284 126 158
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,299 603 696
Literacy 33.46 % 40.77 % 26.98 %
Total Workers 780 370 410
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 767 361 406

Caste Factor

In Cherakur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.45 % of total population in Cherakur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cherakur village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Cherakur village out of total population, 780 were engaged in work activities. 1.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 780 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.