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Chahal Population - Faridkot, Punjab

Chahal is a large village located in Faridkot Tehsil of Faridkot district, Punjab with total 839 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 4375 of which 2334 are males while 2041 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 511 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal village is 874 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal as per census is 893, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 58.98 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 63.18 % while female literacy rate was 54.17 %.

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

Chahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 839 - -
Population 4,375 2,334 2,041
Child (0-6) 511 270 241
Schedule Caste 1,605 849 756
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.98 % 63.18 % 54.17 %
Total Workers 1,547 1,317 230
Main Worker 1,351 - -
Marginal Worker 196 130 66

Caste Factor

In Chahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.69 % of total population in Chahal village. The village Chahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahal village out of total population, 1547 were engaged in work activities. 87.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1547 workers engaged in Main Work, 394 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 205 were Agricultural labourer.