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Kerpe Population - Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

Kerpe is a medium size village located in Bhopalpattnam Tehsil of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh with total 51 families residing. The Kerpe village has population of 272 of which 132 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerpe village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 30.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerpe village is 1061 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerpe as per census is 482, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kerpe village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerpe village was 5.29 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kerpe Male literacy stands at 9.21 % while female literacy rate was 2.65 %.

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

Kerpe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 272 132 140
Child (0-6) 83 56 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 246 118 128
Literacy 5.29 % 9.21 % 2.65 %
Total Workers 165 70 95
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

In Kerpe village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.44 % of total population in Kerpe village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerpe village of Bijapur.

Work Profile

In Kerpe village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 96.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.