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Chahal Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Chahal is a medium size village located in Balachaur Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 52 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 238 of which 119 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 12.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal village is 1000 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal as per census is 1231, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 76.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 83.96 % while female literacy rate was 68.93 %.

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

Chahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 238 119 119
Child (0-6) 29 13 16
Schedule Caste 39 19 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.56 % 83.96 % 68.93 %
Total Workers 99 66 33
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.39 % of total population in Chahal village. The village Chahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahal village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 98.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.