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Chhajwal Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Chhajwal is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 317 families residing. The Chhajwal village has population of 1378 of which 699 are males while 679 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhajwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhajwal village is 971 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhajwal as per census is 602, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chhajwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhajwal village was 81.24 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chhajwal Male literacy stands at 87.35 % while female literacy rate was 75.32 %.

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

Chhajwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 317 - -
Population 1,378 699 679
Child (0-6) 157 98 59
Schedule Caste 178 88 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.24 % 87.35 % 75.32 %
Total Workers 305 264 41
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 106 86 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.92 % of total population in Chhajwal village. The village Chhajwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhajwal village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 65.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.