Chahar is a medium size village located in Hamirpur Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 89 families residing. The Chahar village has population of 366 of which 170 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Chahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 9.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahar village is 1153 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahar as per census is 1357, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.
Chahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahar village was 91.59 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chahar Male literacy stands at 96.79 % while female literacy rate was 87.01 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chahar 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 Chahar village.
Chahar Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
89 |
- |
- |
| Population |
366 |
170 |
196 |
| Child (0-6) |
33 |
14 |
19 |
| Schedule Caste |
89 |
39 |
50 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
91.59 % |
96.79 % |
87.01 % |
| Total Workers |
246 |
107 |
139 |
| Main Worker |
97 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
149 |
31 |
118 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.32 % of total population in Chahar village.
The village Chahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Chahar village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 39.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.