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Chalera Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chalera is a medium size village located in Sihunta Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 298 families residing. The Chalera village has population of 1358 of which 663 are males while 695 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalera village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 10.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalera village is 1048 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalera as per census is 1159, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chalera village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalera village was 78.33 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chalera Male literacy stands at 86.36 % while female literacy rate was 70.57 %.

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

Chalera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 298 - -
Population 1,358 663 695
Child (0-6) 149 69 80
Schedule Caste 319 154 165
Schedule Tribe 296 135 161
Literacy 78.33 % 86.36 % 70.57 %
Total Workers 730 385 345
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 630 303 327

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.80 % of total population in Chalera village.

Work Profile

In Chalera village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 13.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.