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Chakahal Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Chakahal is a medium size village located in Ramnagar Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 239 families residing. The Chakahal village has population of 1312 of which 681 are males while 631 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 18.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakahal village is 927 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakahal as per census is 806, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chakahal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakahal village was 57.01 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chakahal Male literacy stands at 69.29 % while female literacy rate was 44.17 %.

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

Chakahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,312 681 631
Child (0-6) 242 134 108
Schedule Caste 584 315 269
Schedule Tribe 196 99 97
Literacy 57.01 % 69.29 % 44.17 %
Total Workers 562 354 208
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 45 14 31

Caste Factor

In Chakahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.94 % of total population in Chakahal village.

Work Profile

In Chakahal village out of total population, 562 were engaged in work activities. 91.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 562 workers engaged in Main Work, 452 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.