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Jaunga Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Jaunga is a medium size village located in Gidam Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 300 families residing. The Jaunga village has population of 1489 of which 710 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 20.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaunga village is 1097 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaunga as per census is 929, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jaunga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaunga village was 46.39 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jaunga Male literacy stands at 60.72 % while female literacy rate was 33.86 %.

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

Jaunga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,489 710 779
Child (0-6) 299 155 144
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,484 708 776
Literacy 46.39 % 60.72 % 33.86 %
Total Workers 834 380 454
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 541 171 370

Caste Factor

In Jaunga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.66 % of total population in Jaunga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jaunga village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Jaunga village out of total population, 834 were engaged in work activities. 35.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 834 workers engaged in Main Work, 216 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.