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Penta Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Penta is a medium size village located in Konta Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 173 families residing. The Penta village has population of 626 of which 309 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penta village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 12.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penta village is 1026 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Penta as per census is 925, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Penta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Penta village was 10.75 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Penta Male literacy stands at 15.61 % while female literacy rate was 6.07 %.

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

Penta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 626 309 317
Child (0-6) 77 40 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 612 301 311
Literacy 10.75 % 15.61 % 6.07 %
Total Workers 448 221 227
Main Worker 448 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Penta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.76 % of total population in Penta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Penta village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Penta village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 444 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.