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Chahal Kalan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chahal Kalan is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 565 families residing. The Chahal Kalan village has population of 2696 of which 1391 are males while 1305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal Kalan village is 938 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal Kalan as per census is 733, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal Kalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal Kalan village was 77.98 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Kalan Male literacy stands at 82.66 % while female literacy rate was 73.15 %.

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

Chahal Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 565 - -
Population 2,696 1,391 1,305
Child (0-6) 312 180 132
Schedule Caste 1,018 522 496
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.98 % 82.66 % 73.15 %
Total Workers 885 755 130
Main Worker 576 - -
Marginal Worker 309 241 68

Caste Factor

In Chahal Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.76 % of total population in Chahal Kalan village. The village Chahal Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahal Kalan village out of total population, 885 were engaged in work activities. 65.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 885 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.