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Chowkham Population - Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh

Chowkham is a medium size village located in Chongkham Circle of Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 115 families residing. The Chowkham village has population of 562 of which 295 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chowkham village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 17.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chowkham village is 905 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Chowkham as per census is 515, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Chowkham village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chowkham village was 72.73 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Chowkham Male literacy stands at 80.79 % while female literacy rate was 64.81 %.

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

Chowkham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 562 295 267
Child (0-6) 100 66 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 427 221 206
Literacy 72.73 % 80.79 % 64.81 %
Total Workers 248 137 111
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Chowkham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.98 % of total population in Chowkham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chowkham village of Lohit.

Work Profile

In Chowkham village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.