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Chekra Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Chekra is a large village located in Deesa Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 426 families residing. The Chekra village has population of 2243 of which 1190 are males while 1053 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chekra village population of children with age 0-6 is 342 which makes up 15.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chekra village is 885 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chekra as per census is 911, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chekra village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chekra village was 51.50 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chekra Male literacy stands at 62.91 % while female literacy rate was 38.54 %.

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

Chekra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 426 - -
Population 2,243 1,190 1,053
Child (0-6) 342 179 163
Schedule Caste 183 94 89
Schedule Tribe 215 114 101
Literacy 51.50 % 62.91 % 38.54 %
Total Workers 1,295 682 613
Main Worker 1,166 - -
Marginal Worker 129 21 108

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.16 % of total population in Chekra village.

Work Profile

In Chekra village out of total population, 1295 were engaged in work activities. 90.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1295 workers engaged in Main Work, 448 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 250 were Agricultural labourer.