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Chahar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Chahar is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 46 families residing. The Chahar village has population of 212 of which 113 are males while 99 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 16.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahar village is 876 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahar as per census is 667, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahar village was 87.57 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahar Male literacy stands at 92.39 % while female literacy rate was 82.35 %.

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

Chahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 212 113 99
Child (0-6) 35 21 14
Schedule Caste 124 67 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.57 % 92.39 % 82.35 %
Total Workers 70 47 23
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Chahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.49 % of total population in Chahar village. The village Chahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahar village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.