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Chatra Population - Purnia, Bihar

Chatra is a medium size village located in Dagarua Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 156 families residing. The Chatra village has population of 693 of which 380 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chatra village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 16.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chatra village is 824 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chatra as per census is 671, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Chatra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chatra village was 60.94 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chatra Male literacy stands at 73.55 % while female literacy rate was 46.24 %.

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

Chatra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 156 - -
Population 693 380 313
Child (0-6) 117 70 47
Schedule Caste 32 18 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.94 % 73.55 % 46.24 %
Total Workers 189 169 20
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 159 142 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.62 % of total population in Chatra village. The village Chatra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chatra village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 15.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.