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Chalama Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chalama is a medium size village located in Bhattiyat Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 127 families residing. The Chalama village has population of 518 of which 228 are males while 290 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalama village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 8.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalama village is 1272 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalama as per census is 957, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chalama village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalama village was 86.68 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chalama Male literacy stands at 93.66 % while female literacy rate was 81.34 %.

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

Chalama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 518 228 290
Child (0-6) 45 23 22
Schedule Caste 30 17 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.68 % 93.66 % 81.34 %
Total Workers 153 80 73
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 100 37 63

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.79 % of total population in Chalama village. The village Chalama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chalama village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 34.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.