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Chawa Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chawa is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 469 families residing. The Chawa village has population of 2258 of which 1178 are males while 1080 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chawa village is 917 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chawa as per census is 708, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chawa village was 88.09 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chawa Male literacy stands at 92.22 % while female literacy rate was 83.72 %.

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

Chawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 469 - -
Population 2,258 1,178 1,080
Child (0-6) 234 137 97
Schedule Caste 287 145 142
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.09 % 92.22 % 83.72 %
Total Workers 578 481 97
Main Worker 455 - -
Marginal Worker 123 100 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.71 % of total population in Chawa village. The village Chawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chawa village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 78.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.