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Chilhani Population - Purnia, Bihar

Chilhani is a large village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 466 families residing. The Chilhani village has population of 2307 of which 1228 are males while 1079 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chilhani village population of children with age 0-6 is 420 which makes up 18.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chilhani village is 879 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chilhani as per census is 1000, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chilhani village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chilhani village was 43.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chilhani Male literacy stands at 51.18 % while female literacy rate was 34.06 %.

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

Chilhani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 466 - -
Population 2,307 1,228 1,079
Child (0-6) 420 210 210
Schedule Caste 21 11 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 43.30 % 51.18 % 34.06 %
Total Workers 581 557 24
Main Worker 484 - -
Marginal Worker 97 89 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.91 % of total population in Chilhani village. The village Chilhani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chilhani village out of total population, 581 were engaged in work activities. 83.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 581 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 369 were Agricultural labourer.