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Chauhra Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Chauhra is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 335 families residing. The Chauhra village has population of 1630 of which 821 are males while 809 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chauhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 11.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chauhra village is 985 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chauhra as per census is 762, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chauhra village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chauhra village was 85.40 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chauhra Male literacy stands at 88.41 % while female literacy rate was 82.44 %.

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

Chauhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,630 821 809
Child (0-6) 185 105 80
Schedule Caste 637 312 325
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.40 % 88.41 % 82.44 %
Total Workers 497 442 55
Main Worker 447 - -
Marginal Worker 50 37 13

Caste Factor

In Chauhra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.08 % of total population in Chauhra village. The village Chauhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chauhra village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 89.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.