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Chontha Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Chontha is a small village located in Mayur Hand Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 22 families residing. The Chontha village has population of 134 of which 68 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chontha village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 14.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chontha village is 971 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chontha as per census is 1222, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chontha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chontha village was 67.54 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chontha Male literacy stands at 79.66 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Chontha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 134 68 66
Child (0-6) 20 9 11
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.54 % 79.66 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 32 29 3
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 17 16 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.75 % of total population in Chontha village. The village Chontha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chontha village out of total population, 32 were engaged in work activities. 46.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 32 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.