Chaura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chaura is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 197 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 1194 of which 631 are males while 563 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 10.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 892 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 797, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chaura village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 78.50 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 82.21 % while female literacy rate was 74.41 %.

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	197	-	-
Population	1,194	631	563
Child (0-6)	124	69	55
Schedule Caste	341	173	168
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.50 %	82.21 %	74.41 %
Total Workers	369	338	31
Main Worker	348	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	12	9

Caste Factor

Chaura village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.56 % 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, 369 were engaged in work activities. 94.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 369 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 140 were Agricultural labourer.