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Chilra Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Chilra is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 130 families residing. The Chilra village has population of 576 of which 292 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chilra village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 18.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chilra village is 973 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chilra as per census is 981, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chilra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chilra village was 64.76 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chilra Male literacy stands at 76.99 % while female literacy rate was 52.16 %.

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

Chilra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 130 - -
Population 576 292 284
Child (0-6) 105 53 52
Schedule Caste 185 90 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.76 % 76.99 % 52.16 %
Total Workers 328 165 163
Main Worker 327 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Chilra village of Dumka has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.12 % of total population in Chilra village. The village Chilra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chilra village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 99.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.