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Chakua Population - Purnia, Bihar

Chakua is a large village located in Dagarua Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 516 families residing. The Chakua village has population of 2479 of which 1269 are males while 1210 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 553 which makes up 22.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakua village is 954 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakua as per census is 1048, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chakua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakua village was 44.76 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chakua Male literacy stands at 55.16 % while female literacy rate was 33.55 %.

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

Chakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 516 - -
Population 2,479 1,269 1,210
Child (0-6) 553 270 283
Schedule Caste 270 130 140
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.76 % 55.16 % 33.55 %
Total Workers 946 634 312
Main Worker 521 - -
Marginal Worker 425 338 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.89 % of total population in Chakua village. The village Chakua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chakua village out of total population, 946 were engaged in work activities. 55.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 946 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 356 were Agricultural labourer.