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Chhayan Population - PanchMahal, Gujarat

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Santrampur Taluka of PanchMahal district, Gujarat with total 194 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 1014 of which 513 are males while 501 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 10.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 977 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 881, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Chhayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 75.42 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 84.58 % while female literacy rate was 66.15 %.

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

Chhayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,014 513 501
Child (0-6) 111 59 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 828 416 412
Literacy 75.42 % 84.58 % 66.15 %
Total Workers 533 291 242
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 269 47 222

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.66 % of total population in Chhayan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chhayan village of PanchMahal.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 49.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.