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Chhapa Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chhapa is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 195 families residing. The Chhapa village has population of 1031 of which 521 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhapa village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 16.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhapa village is 979 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhapa as per census is 840, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chhapa village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhapa village was 59.09 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chhapa Male literacy stands at 70.96 % while female literacy rate was 47.33 %.

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

Chhapa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 1,031 521 510
Child (0-6) 173 94 79
Schedule Caste 214 117 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.09 % 70.96 % 47.33 %
Total Workers 598 308 290
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 459 180 279

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.76 % of total population in Chhapa village. The village Chhapa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhapa village out of total population, 598 were engaged in work activities. 23.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 598 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.