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Chhayan Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Sardarpur Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 176 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 805 of which 405 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 18.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 988 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 872, 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 53.41 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 72.48 % while female literacy rate was 34.64 %.

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 176 - -
Population 805 405 400
Child (0-6) 146 78 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 762 378 384
Literacy 53.41 % 72.48 % 34.64 %
Total Workers 435 215 220
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 361 148 213

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.66 % of total population in Chhayan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chhayan village of Dhar.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 17.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.