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Chankana Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Chankana is a medium size village located in Berinag Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 67 families residing. The Chankana village has population of 271 of which 115 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chankana village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chankana village is 1357 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Chankana as per census is 765, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Chankana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chankana village was 72.61 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Chankana Male literacy stands at 90.82 % while female literacy rate was 60.14 %.

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

Chankana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 271 115 156
Child (0-6) 30 17 13
Schedule Caste 16 6 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.61 % 90.82 % 60.14 %
Total Workers 133 46 87
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.90 % of total population in Chankana village. The village Chankana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chankana village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 98.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.