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Chawa Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Chawa is a medium size village located in Rajauri Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 210 families residing. The Chawa village has population of 1045 of which 533 are males while 512 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chawa village is 961 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chawa as per census is 952, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chawa village was 45.97 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chawa Male literacy stands at 56.12 % while female literacy rate was 35.42 %.

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

Chawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,045 533 512
Child (0-6) 164 84 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 823 423 400
Literacy 45.97 % 56.12 % 35.42 %
Total Workers 525 278 247
Main Worker 304 - -
Marginal Worker 221 80 141

Caste Factor

In Chawa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.76 % of total population in Chawa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chawa village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Chawa village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 57.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.