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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 229 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 1207 of which 630 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 12.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal village is 916 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal as per census is 914, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 79.94 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 86.89 % while female literacy rate was 72.37 %.

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 229 - -
Population 1,207 630 577
Child (0-6) 155 81 74
Schedule Caste 628 327 301
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.94 % 86.89 % 72.37 %
Total Workers 381 360 21
Main Worker 371 - -
Marginal Worker 10 5 5

Caste Factor

In Chahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.03 % 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, 381 were engaged in work activities. 97.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.