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Chhayan Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a large village located in Badnawar Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 646 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 2973 of which 1490 are males while 1483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 485 which makes up 16.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 995 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 865, 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 52.97 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 61.22 % while female literacy rate was 44.91 %.

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 646 - -
Population 2,973 1,490 1,483
Child (0-6) 485 260 225
Schedule Caste 307 166 141
Schedule Tribe 2,093 1,064 1,029
Literacy 52.97 % 61.22 % 44.91 %
Total Workers 1,602 839 763
Main Worker 1,563 - -
Marginal Worker 39 17 22

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.33 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 1602 were engaged in work activities. 97.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1602 workers engaged in Main Work, 822 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 678 were Agricultural labourer.