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Tongras Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Tongras is a medium size village located in Sukma Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 83 families residing. The Tongras village has population of 329 of which 152 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongras village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 12.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongras village is 1164 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongras as per census is 577, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Tongras village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongras village was 13.54 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Tongras Male literacy stands at 20.63 % while female literacy rate was 8.02 %.

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

Tongras Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 329 152 177
Child (0-6) 41 26 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 325 149 176
Literacy 13.54 % 20.63 % 8.02 %
Total Workers 236 105 131
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 146 40 106

Caste Factor

In Tongras village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.78 % of total population in Tongras village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tongras village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Tongras village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 38.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.