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Chanja Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Chanja is a medium size village located in Cheta Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 57 families residing. The Chanja village has population of 429 of which 216 are males while 213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 17.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanja village is 986 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanja as per census is 1026, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chanja village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanja village was 72.73 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chanja Male literacy stands at 79.21 % while female literacy rate was 66.09 %.

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

Chanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 429 216 213
Child (0-6) 77 38 39
Schedule Caste 100 45 55
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.73 % 79.21 % 66.09 %
Total Workers 272 140 132
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 163 43 120

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.31 % of total population in Chanja village. The village Chanja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanja village out of total population, 272 were engaged in work activities. 40.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 272 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.