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Chama Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Chama is a medium size village located in Medininagar(Daltonganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 85 families residing. The Chama village has population of 414 of which 211 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chama village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 15.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chama village is 962 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chama as per census is 1129, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chama village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chama village was 74.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chama Male literacy stands at 85.56 % while female literacy rate was 63.10 %.

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

Chama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 414 211 203
Child (0-6) 66 31 35
Schedule Caste 258 133 125
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.71 % 85.56 % 63.10 %
Total Workers 117 92 25
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 104 83 21

Caste Factor

In Chama village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.32 % of total population in Chama village. The village Chama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chama village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 11.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.