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Chaura Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Chaura is a medium size village located in Gande Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 168 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 1098 of which 591 are males while 507 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 21.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 858 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 844, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 59.86 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 73.87 % while female literacy rate was 43.61 %.

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 168 - -
Population 1,098 591 507
Child (0-6) 236 128 108
Schedule Caste 177 96 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.86 % 73.87 % 43.61 %
Total Workers 599 310 289
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 447 164 283

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.12 % 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, 599 were engaged in work activities. 25.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 599 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.