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Chakon Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Chakon is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 138 families residing. The Chakon village has population of 562 of which 273 are males while 289 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakon village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 14.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakon village is 1059 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakon as per census is 1050, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Chakon village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakon village was 74.58 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Chakon Male literacy stands at 90.99 % while female literacy rate was 59.11 %.

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

Chakon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 562 273 289
Child (0-6) 82 40 42
Schedule Caste 169 85 84
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.58 % 90.99 % 59.11 %
Total Workers 284 130 154
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 265 113 152

Caste Factor

Chakon village of Uttarkashi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.07 % of total population in Chakon village. The village Chakon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chakon village out of total population, 284 were engaged in work activities. 6.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 284 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.