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Chanhar Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Chanhar is a medium size village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 80 families residing. The Chanhar village has population of 483 of which 259 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 16.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanhar village is 865 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanhar as per census is 733, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Chanhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanhar village was 71.11 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Chanhar Male literacy stands at 83.18 % while female literacy rate was 57.59 %.

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

Chanhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 483 259 224
Child (0-6) 78 45 33
Schedule Caste 163 88 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.11 % 83.18 % 57.59 %
Total Workers 112 99 13
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 32 24 8

Caste Factor

Chanhar village of Gorakhpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.75 % of total population in Chanhar village. The village Chanhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanhar village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 71.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.