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Telam Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Telam is a medium size village located in Katekalyan Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 271 families residing. The Telam village has population of 1355 of which 653 are males while 702 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telam village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 19.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telam village is 1075 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Telam as per census is 1385, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Telam village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Telam village was 10.41 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Telam Male literacy stands at 13.42 % while female literacy rate was 7.44 %.

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

Telam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,355 653 702
Child (0-6) 260 109 151
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 1,341 647 694
Literacy 10.41 % 13.42 % 7.44 %
Total Workers 686 332 354
Main Worker 578 - -
Marginal Worker 108 42 66

Caste Factor

In Telam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.97 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.59 % of total population in Telam village.

Work Profile

In Telam village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 84.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 553 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.