Chakan is a medium size village located in Budhlada Tehsil of Mansa district, Punjab with total 345 families residing. The Chakan village has population of 1646 of which 879 are males while 767 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Chakan village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakan village is 873 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakan as per census is 611, lower than Punjab average of 846.
Chakan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakan village was 55.86 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chakan Male literacy stands at 60.42 % while female literacy rate was 50.87 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chakan 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 Chakan village.
Chakan Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
345 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,646 |
879 |
767 |
| Child (0-6) |
203 |
126 |
77 |
| Schedule Caste |
757 |
422 |
335 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
55.86 % |
60.42 % |
50.87 % |
| Total Workers |
549 |
470 |
79 |
| Main Worker |
396 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
153 |
140 |
13 |
Caste Factor
In Chakan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.99 % of total population in Chakan village.
The village Chakan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Chakan village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 72.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.