Chalai Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chalai is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 62 families residing. The Chalai village has population of 321 of which 157 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 17.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalai village is 1045 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalai as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalai village was 54.72 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chalai Male literacy stands at 65.12 % while female literacy rate was 44.85 %.

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

Chalai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	321	157	164
Child (0-6)	56	28	28
Schedule Caste	191	96	95
Schedule Tribe	96	47	49
Literacy	54.72 %	65.12 %	44.85 %
Total Workers	124	80	44
Main Worker	58	-	-
Marginal Worker	66	23	43

Caste Factor

In Chalai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 29.91 % of total population in Chalai village.

Work Profile

In Chalai village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 46.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.