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Chewa Population - Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir

Chewa is a large village located in Sonawari Tehsil of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 460 families residing. The Chewa village has population of 3278 of which 1688 are males while 1590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chewa village population of children with age 0-6 is 527 which makes up 16.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chewa village is 942 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chewa as per census is 869, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chewa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chewa village was 60.56 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chewa Male literacy stands at 73.04 % while female literacy rate was 47.51 %.

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

Chewa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 460 - -
Population 3,278 1,688 1,590
Child (0-6) 527 282 245
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 60.56 % 73.04 % 47.51 %
Total Workers 2,194 1,117 1,077
Main Worker 1,622 - -
Marginal Worker 572 134 438

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.21 % of total population in Chewa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chewa village of Bandipora.

Work Profile

In Chewa village out of total population, 2194 were engaged in work activities. 73.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2194 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1400 were Agricultural labourer.