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Upet Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Upet is a medium size village located in Gidam Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 117 families residing. The Upet village has population of 513 of which 272 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upet village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 20.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upet village is 886 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Upet as per census is 783, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Upet village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Upet village was 47.04 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Upet Male literacy stands at 72.17 % while female literacy rate was 19.59 %.

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

Upet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 513 272 241
Child (0-6) 107 60 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 497 264 233
Literacy 47.04 % 72.17 % 19.59 %
Total Workers 270 134 136
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 214 97 117

Caste Factor

In Upet village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.88 % of total population in Upet village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upet village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Upet village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 20.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.