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Cheto Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Cheto is a medium size village located in Atholi (Paddar) Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 146 families residing. The Cheto village has population of 684 of which 365 are males while 319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cheto village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 15.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cheto village is 874 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Cheto as per census is 877, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Cheto village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Cheto village was 51.47 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Cheto Male literacy stands at 73.05 % while female literacy rate was 26.77 %.

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

Cheto Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 684 365 319
Child (0-6) 107 57 50
Schedule Caste 42 22 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.47 % 73.05 % 26.77 %
Total Workers 364 174 190
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.14 % of total population in Cheto village. The village Cheto currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Cheto village out of total population, 364 were engaged in work activities. 99.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 364 workers engaged in Main Work, 298 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.