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Chhani Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chhani is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 54 families residing. The Chhani village has population of 281 of which 144 are males while 137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhani village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhani village is 951 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhani as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chhani village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhani village was 84.34 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chhani Male literacy stands at 88.28 % while female literacy rate was 80.17 %.

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

Chhani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 281 144 137
Child (0-6) 32 16 16
Schedule Caste 226 116 110
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.34 % 88.28 % 80.17 %
Total Workers 80 77 3
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 16 16 0

Caste Factor

In Chhani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.43 % of total population in Chhani village. The village Chhani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhani village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 80.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.