Suraj Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Suraj is a small village located in Chatra Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 33 families residing. The Suraj village has population of 174 of which 87 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Suraj village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 15.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Suraj village is 1000 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Suraj as per census is 588, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Suraj village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Suraj village was 51.02 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Suraj Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 41.56 %.

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

Suraj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	33	-	-
Population	174	87	87
Child (0-6)	27	17	10
Schedule Caste	78	39	39
Schedule Tribe	82	40	42
Literacy	51.02 %	61.43 %	41.56 %
Total Workers	65	42	23
Main Worker	28	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	18	19

Caste Factor

In Suraj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 44.83 % of total population in Suraj village.

Work Profile

In Suraj village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 43.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.