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Chaura Population - Banka, Bihar

Chaura is a large village located in Belhar Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 479 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 2258 of which 1203 are males while 1055 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 354 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 877 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 1000, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chaura village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 62.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 71.35 % while female literacy rate was 52.16 %.

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

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 479 - -
Population 2,258 1,203 1,055
Child (0-6) 354 177 177
Schedule Caste 889 460 429
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.50 % 71.35 % 52.16 %
Total Workers 973 623 350
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 790 461 329

Caste Factor

In Chaura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.37 % of total population in Chaura village. The village Chaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 973 were engaged in work activities. 18.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 973 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.