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Karpa Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Karpa is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 241 families residing. The Karpa village has population of 983 of which 479 are males while 504 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karpa village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 17.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karpa village is 1052 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Karpa as per census is 1011, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Karpa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karpa village was 48.14 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Karpa Male literacy stands at 54.59 % while female literacy rate was 42.07 %.

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

Karpa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 983 479 504
Child (0-6) 175 87 88
Schedule Caste 112 51 61
Schedule Tribe 348 183 165
Literacy 48.14 % 54.59 % 42.07 %
Total Workers 535 260 275
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 509 244 265

Caste Factor

In Karpa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.39 % of total population in Karpa village.

Work Profile

In Karpa village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 4.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.