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Chilhania Population - Katihar, Bihar

Chilhania is a medium size village located in Amdabad Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 236 families residing. The Chilhania village has population of 1500 of which 797 are males while 703 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chilhania village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 24.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chilhania village is 882 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chilhania as per census is 902, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Chilhania village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chilhania village was 39.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chilhania Male literacy stands at 42.79 % while female literacy rate was 36.17 %.

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

Chilhania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,500 797 703
Child (0-6) 369 194 175
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.70 % 42.79 % 36.17 %
Total Workers 530 366 164
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 319 157 162

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Chilhania village out of total population, 530 were engaged in work activities. 39.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 530 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.