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Chanhet Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Chanhet is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 81 families residing. The Chanhet village has population of 388 of which 202 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanhet village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 16.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanhet village is 921 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanhet as per census is 1207, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chanhet village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanhet village was 29.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chanhet Male literacy stands at 31.21 % while female literacy rate was 27.81 %.

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

Chanhet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 388 202 186
Child (0-6) 64 29 35
Schedule Caste 69 35 34
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 29.63 % 31.21 % 27.81 %
Total Workers 232 124 108
Main Worker 219 - -
Marginal Worker 13 7 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.78 % of total population in Chanhet village. The village Chanhet currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanhet village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 94.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 213 were Agricultural labourer.