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Chhan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chhan is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 230 families residing. The Chhan village has population of 1152 of which 607 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhan village is 898 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhan as per census is 912, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhan village was 77.79 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chhan Male literacy stands at 84.60 % while female literacy rate was 70.19 %.

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

Chhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,152 607 545
Child (0-6) 130 68 62
Schedule Caste 953 503 450
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.79 % 84.60 % 70.19 %
Total Workers 408 339 69
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 139 95 44

Caste Factor

In Chhan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.73 % of total population in Chhan village. The village Chhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhan village out of total population, 408 were engaged in work activities. 65.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 408 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.