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Geedam Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Geedam is a medium size village located in Sukma Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 151 families residing. The Geedam village has population of 634 of which 293 are males while 341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Geedam village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 20.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Geedam village is 1164 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Geedam as per census is 1000, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Geedam village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Geedam village was 17.39 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Geedam Male literacy stands at 22.27 % while female literacy rate was 13.36 %.

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

Geedam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 151 - -
Population 634 293 341
Child (0-6) 128 64 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 600 274 326
Literacy 17.39 % 22.27 % 13.36 %
Total Workers 423 195 228
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 88 9 79

Caste Factor

In Geedam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.64 % of total population in Geedam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Geedam village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Geedam village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 79.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 295 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.