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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 199 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 1157 of which 576 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 22.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 1009 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 1150, 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 35.60 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 47.15 % while female literacy rate was 23.70 %.

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 199 - -
Population 1,157 576 581
Child (0-6) 258 120 138
Schedule Caste 4 3 1
Schedule Tribe 954 477 477
Literacy 35.60 % 47.15 % 23.70 %
Total Workers 603 316 287
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 251 53 198

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.45 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.35 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 603 were engaged in work activities. 58.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 603 workers engaged in Main Work, 236 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.