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Chawan Population - Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir

Chawan is a medium size village located in Shopian Tehsil of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 372 families residing. The Chawan village has population of 1996 of which 1047 are males while 949 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 360 which makes up 18.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chawan village is 906 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chawan as per census is 946, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chawan village was 53.12 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chawan Male literacy stands at 64.04 % while female literacy rate was 40.96 %.

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

Chawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,996 1,047 949
Child (0-6) 360 185 175
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 276 136 140
Literacy 53.12 % 64.04 % 40.96 %
Total Workers 479 433 46
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 58 31 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.83 % of total population in Chawan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chawan village of Shupiyan.

Work Profile

In Chawan village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 87.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 294 were Agricultural labourer.