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Chaukharia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Chaukharia is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 252 families residing. The Chaukharia village has population of 1312 of which 672 are males while 640 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaukharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 24.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaukharia village is 952 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaukharia as per census is 1113, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chaukharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaukharia village was 47.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chaukharia Male literacy stands at 54.89 % while female literacy rate was 38.56 %.

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

Chaukharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,312 672 640
Child (0-6) 319 151 168
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.13 % 54.89 % 38.56 %
Total Workers 482 328 154
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 379 227 152

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Chaukharia village of Katihar district.

Work Profile

In Chaukharia village out of total population, 482 were engaged in work activities. 21.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 482 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.