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Chhagan Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Chhagan is a medium size village located in Gurudijhatia Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 248 families residing. The Chhagan village has population of 1284 of which 681 are males while 603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 9.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhagan village is 885 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhagan as per census is 984, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Chhagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhagan village was 88.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chhagan Male literacy stands at 92.87 % while female literacy rate was 83.52 %.

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

Chhagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,284 681 603
Child (0-6) 127 64 63
Schedule Caste 62 34 28
Schedule Tribe 4 3 1
Literacy 88.50 % 92.87 % 83.52 %
Total Workers 422 384 38
Main Worker 285 - -
Marginal Worker 137 114 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Chhagan village.

Work Profile

In Chhagan village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 67.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.