Chatra Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Chatra is a medium size village located in Jama Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 119 families residing. The Chatra village has population of 559 of which 295 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chatra village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 20.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chatra village is 895 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chatra as per census is 727, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chatra village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chatra village was 66.74 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chatra Male literacy stands at 80.35 % while female literacy rate was 52.31 %.

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

Chatra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	559	295	264
Child (0-6)	114	66	48
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	486	257	229
Literacy	66.74 %	80.35 %	52.31 %
Total Workers	297	153	144
Main Worker	277	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	4	16

Caste Factor

In Chatra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.94 % of total population in Chatra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chatra village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Chatra village out of total population, 297 were engaged in work activities. 93.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 297 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.