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Chhayan Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Badod Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 130 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 724 of which 368 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 17.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 967 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 786, 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 53.92 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 64.43 % while female literacy rate was 43.52 %.

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 130 - -
Population 724 368 356
Child (0-6) 125 70 55
Schedule Caste 59 28 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.92 % 64.43 % 43.52 %
Total Workers 423 222 201
Main Worker 331 - -
Marginal Worker 92 26 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.15 % of total population in Chhayan village. The village Chhayan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 78.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 302 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.