Janjgir-Champa
Janjgir-Champa district profile
Janjgir-Champa is one of the districts covered by PACS in Chhattisgarh. The district (area: 4,466 sq km) is 65 km from Bilaspur and 175 km from the state capital Raipur, by road. It is divided into five administrative sub-divisions—Jangir, Pamgarh, Champa, Sakti and Dabhara—and 10 tehsils: Janjgir, Akaltara, Baloda, Nawagarh, Champa, Pamgarh, Sakti, Jaijaipur, Malkharoda and Dabhara.
Around 22% and 12% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes respectively.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,317,431 | |
| Male | 659,388 | |
| Female | 658,043 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 155,099 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 18.55% | |
| Rural |
1,172,112 (88.97%) |
|
| Urban |
145,319 (11.03%) |
|
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 998 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 296,199 (22.48%) | |
| ST population | 153,069 (11.62%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 65.94 | |
| Male | 81.82 | |
| Female | 50.14 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,299,831 | |
| Muslims | 11,857 | |
| Christians | 2,489 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Champa | 37,951 | |
| Naila Janjgir | 32,513 | |
| Akaltara | 20,367 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 889 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 888 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 300 | |
| Primary schools | 871 | |
| Medical facility | 308 | |
| Paved approach road | 342 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 45.9% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 69.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 18.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 50.0% | |
| Children aged 12-35 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 62.4% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 236,449 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,269,469 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 427 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 8, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2206.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Chhattisgarh. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 8, 2010
