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Chamu Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Chamu is a medium size village located in Didihat Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 56 families residing. The Chamu village has population of 229 of which 115 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chamu village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 10.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chamu village is 991 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Chamu as per census is 1000, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Chamu village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chamu village was 75.61 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Chamu Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 63.73 %.

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

Chamu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 229 115 114
Child (0-6) 24 12 12
Schedule Caste 104 57 47
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.61 % 87.38 % 63.73 %
Total Workers 170 82 88
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 90 62 28

Caste Factor

In Chamu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.41 % of total population in Chamu village. The village Chamu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chamu village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 47.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.