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Bonkhowa Chuk Population - Jorhat, Assam

Bonkhowa Chuk is a medium size village located in Majuli Circle of Jorhat district, Assam with total 296 families residing. The Bonkhowa Chuk village has population of 1412 of which 672 are males while 740 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bonkhowa Chuk village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 10.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bonkhowa Chuk village is 1101 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Bonkhowa Chuk as per census is 1407, higher than Assam average of 962.

Bonkhowa Chuk village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Bonkhowa Chuk village was 87.80 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Bonkhowa Chuk Male literacy stands at 92.99 % while female literacy rate was 82.95 %.

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

Bonkhowa Chuk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,412 672 740
Child (0-6) 142 59 83
Schedule Caste 786 364 422
Schedule Tribe 11 6 5
Literacy 87.80 % 92.99 % 82.95 %
Total Workers 476 371 105
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 133 74 59

Caste Factor

In Bonkhowa Chuk village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.78 % of total population in Bonkhowa Chuk village.

Work Profile

In Bonkhowa Chuk village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 72.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 240 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.