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Chukam Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Chukam is a medium size village located in Ramnagar Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 84 families residing. The Chukam village has population of 444 of which 217 are males while 227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chukam village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 18.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chukam village is 1046 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Chukam as per census is 1077, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Chukam village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chukam village was 72.18 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Chukam Male literacy stands at 80.34 % while female literacy rate was 64.32 %.

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

Chukam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 444 217 227
Child (0-6) 81 39 42
Schedule Caste 231 118 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.18 % 80.34 % 64.32 %
Total Workers 129 101 28
Main Worker 126 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Chukam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.03 % of total population in Chukam village. The village Chukam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chukam village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 97.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.