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Chaura Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Chaura is a medium size village located in Ketar* Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 190 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 933 of which 475 are males while 458 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 964 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 1408, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 52.89 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 67.08 % while female literacy rate was 36.87 %.

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

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 933 475 458
Child (0-6) 171 71 100
Schedule Caste 343 181 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.89 % 67.08 % 36.87 %
Total Workers 396 246 150
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 118 63 55

Caste Factor

In Chaura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.76 % of total population in Chaura village. The village Chaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 70.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.