Chauk Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Chauk is a medium size village located in Jawhar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 267 families residing. The Chauk village has population of 1328 of which 650 are males while 678 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chauk village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 14.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chauk village is 1043 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chauk as per census is 922, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chauk village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chauk village was 58.83 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chauk Male literacy stands at 70.99 % while female literacy rate was 47.43 %.

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

Chauk Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	267	-	-
Population	1,328	650	678
Child (0-6)	196	102	94
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,317	642	675
Literacy	58.83 %	70.99 %	47.43 %
Total Workers	819	393	426
Main Worker	781	-	-
Marginal Worker	38	18	20

Caste Factor

In Chauk village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Chauk village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chauk village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Chauk village out of total population, 819 were engaged in work activities. 95.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 819 workers engaged in Main Work, 563 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.