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Bijar Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Bijar is a medium size village located in Chamoli Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 61 families residing. The Bijar village has population of 268 of which 134 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bijar village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bijar village is 1000 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Bijar as per census is 364, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Bijar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bijar village was 79.41 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Bijar Male literacy stands at 95.54 % while female literacy rate was 65.08 %.

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

Bijar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 268 134 134
Child (0-6) 30 22 8
Schedule Caste 79 39 40
Schedule Tribe 122 56 66
Literacy 79.41 % 95.54 % 65.08 %
Total Workers 192 90 102
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 112 33 79

Caste Factor

In Bijar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.52 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.48 % of total population in Bijar village.

Work Profile

In Bijar village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 41.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.