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Chhayan Population - Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Petlawad Tehsil of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh with total 245 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 1279 of which 626 are males while 653 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 282 which makes up 22.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 1043 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 986, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 30.99 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 42.77 % while female literacy rate was 19.88 %.

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 245 - -
Population 1,279 626 653
Child (0-6) 282 142 140
Schedule Caste 16 10 6
Schedule Tribe 1,254 612 642
Literacy 30.99 % 42.77 % 19.88 %
Total Workers 768 369 399
Main Worker 695 - -
Marginal Worker 73 35 38

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.25 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 90.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 397 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 290 were Agricultural labourer.