Chaukiya Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Chaukiya is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 137 families residing. The Chaukiya village has population of 735 of which 369 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaukiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 21.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaukiya village is 992 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaukiya as per census is 1052, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chaukiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaukiya village was 82.15 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chaukiya Male literacy stands at 88.70 % while female literacy rate was 75.44 %.

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

Chaukiya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	137	-	-
Population	735	369	366
Child (0-6)	158	77	81
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	734	368	366
Literacy	82.15 %	88.70 %	75.44 %
Total Workers	287	181	106
Main Worker	163	-	-
Marginal Worker	124	65	59

Caste Factor

In Chaukiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.86 % of total population in Chaukiya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chaukiya village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Chaukiya village out of total population, 287 were engaged in work activities. 56.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 287 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.