Sijua Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Sijua is a medium size village located in Pratappur Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 273 families residing. The Sijua village has population of 1761 of which 922 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sijua village population of children with age 0-6 is 401 which makes up 22.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sijua village is 910 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sijua as per census is 975, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sijua village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sijua village was 56.99 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sijua Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 41.97 %.

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

Sijua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	273	-	-
Population	1,761	922	839
Child (0-6)	401	203	198
Schedule Caste	862	450	412
Schedule Tribe	2	2	0
Literacy	56.99 %	70.38 %	41.97 %
Total Workers	978	509	469
Main Worker	657	-	-
Marginal Worker	321	86	235

Caste Factor

In Sijua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Sijua village.

Work Profile

In Sijua village out of total population, 978 were engaged in work activities. 67.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 978 workers engaged in Main Work, 452 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.