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Chilas Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Chilas is a medium size village located in Rajauri Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 330 families residing. The Chilas village has population of 1770 of which 925 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chilas village population of children with age 0-6 is 372 which makes up 21.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chilas village is 914 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chilas as per census is 918, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chilas village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chilas village was 54.86 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chilas Male literacy stands at 67.99 % while female literacy rate was 40.48 %.

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

Chilas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,770 925 845
Child (0-6) 372 194 178
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 783 405 378
Literacy 54.86 % 67.99 % 40.48 %
Total Workers 789 422 367
Main Worker 247 - -
Marginal Worker 542 212 330

Caste Factor

In Chilas village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.24 % of total population in Chilas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chilas village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Chilas village out of total population, 789 were engaged in work activities. 31.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 789 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.