Chahal Population - Patiala, Punjab

Chahal is a medium size village located in Nabha Tehsil of Patiala district, Punjab with total 394 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 1926 of which 1028 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 9.76 % 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 741, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 68.93 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 73.48 % while female literacy rate was 63.81 %.

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	394	-	-
Population	1,926	1,028	898
Child (0-6)	188	108	80
Schedule Caste	896	481	415
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.93 %	73.48 %	63.81 %
Total Workers	607	569	38
Main Worker	493	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	99	15

Caste Factor

In Chahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.52 % 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, 607 were engaged in work activities. 81.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.