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Chhirka Population - Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Chhirka is a medium size village located in Patharia Tehsil of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with total 100 families residing. The Chhirka village has population of 471 of which 258 are males while 213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhirka village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 16.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhirka village is 826 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhirka as per census is 727, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhirka village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhirka village was 71.90 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhirka Male literacy stands at 80.37 % while female literacy rate was 61.88 %.

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

Chhirka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 471 258 213
Child (0-6) 76 44 32
Schedule Caste 4 3 1
Schedule Tribe 19 10 9
Literacy 71.90 % 80.37 % 61.88 %
Total Workers 245 156 89
Main Worker 149 - -
Marginal Worker 96 37 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.03 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.85 % of total population in Chhirka village.

Work Profile

In Chhirka village out of total population, 245 were engaged in work activities. 60.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 245 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.