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Chhayan Population - Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Malhargarh Tehsil of Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 125 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 615 of which 312 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 971 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 736, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 62.33 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 82.63 % while female literacy rate was 42.42 %.

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

Chhayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 615 312 303
Child (0-6) 92 53 39
Schedule Caste 72 40 32
Schedule Tribe 31 14 17
Literacy 62.33 % 82.63 % 42.42 %
Total Workers 311 162 149
Main Worker 227 - -
Marginal Worker 84 38 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.04 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 72.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 173 were Agricultural labourer.