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Eghra Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Eghra is a large village located in Pratappur Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 383 families residing. The Eghra village has population of 2328 of which 1170 are males while 1158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Eghra village population of children with age 0-6 is 570 which makes up 24.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Eghra village is 990 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Eghra as per census is 1021, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Eghra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Eghra village was 54.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Eghra Male literacy stands at 61.15 % while female literacy rate was 47.24 %.

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

Eghra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 383 - -
Population 2,328 1,170 1,158
Child (0-6) 570 282 288
Schedule Caste 778 362 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.27 % 61.15 % 47.24 %
Total Workers 672 512 160
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 622 467 155

Caste Factor

Eghra village of Chatra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.42 % of total population in Eghra village. The village Eghra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Eghra village out of total population, 672 were engaged in work activities. 7.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 672 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.