Surguja is one of 27 districts located in Indian state Chhattisgarh. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Surguja district, and there are total 568 villages and 3 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Surguja district is 401 and number of houses in this district is 163273.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 712272. Out of total 712272, male population count is 358279, where as female population count is 353993 in Surguja.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 110474 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 110474 children 55954 are boys and 54520 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Surguja district is 47%. 336362 out of total 712272 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 55% and 197429 males are literate out of total 358279 male population, where as female literacy rate is 60% and 138933 out of total 353993 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Surguja district is 52%. 375910 out of total 712272 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 44% and 160850 males are illiterate out of total 358279 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 60% and 215060 out of total 353993 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Surguja district is 374245 and non-working population is 338027 and out of 374245 working population 115875 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
District News