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Teknar Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Teknar is a medium size village located in Dantewada Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 453 families residing. The Teknar village has population of 1797 of which 825 are males while 972 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Teknar village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 14.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Teknar village is 1178 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Teknar as per census is 977, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Teknar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Teknar village was 47.27 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Teknar Male literacy stands at 59.86 % while female literacy rate was 36.92 %.

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

Teknar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 453 - -
Population 1,797 825 972
Child (0-6) 257 130 127
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,776 815 961
Literacy 47.27 % 59.86 % 36.92 %
Total Workers 678 461 217
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 610 406 204

Caste Factor

In Teknar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Teknar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Teknar village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Teknar village out of total population, 678 were engaged in work activities. 10.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 678 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.