Chawa Population, Caste, Working Data Gurdaspur, Punjab - Census 2011

Chawa is a village situated in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 469 families residing in the village Chawa. The total population of Chawa is 2,258 out of which 1,178 are males and 1,080 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Chawa is 917.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chawa village is 234 which is 10% of the total population. There are 137 male children and 97 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Chawa is 708 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (917) of Chawa village.

Population
2,258
Families
469
Literacy
88.09%
Sex Ratio
917

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Chawa is 88.1%. Thus Chawa village has higher literacy rate compared to 71.1% of Gurdaspur district. The male literacy rate is 92.22% and the female literacy rate is 83.72% in Chawa village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Chawa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Chawa Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Chawa village.

Total Male Female
Children 234 137 97
Literacy 88.09% 92.22% 83.72%
Scheduled Caste 287 145 142
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 475 218 257

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Chawa village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Chawa village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 78.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 455 381 74
Cultivators 45 45 0
Agriculture Labourer 7 7 0
Household Industries 4 3 1
Other Workers 399 326 73
Marginal Workers 123 100 23
Non Working 1,680 697 983

Nearby Villages to Chawa,

Below are the list of villages near Chawa village in Gurdaspur.

Village Population
Naushehra 2,940
Nangal 435
Bahadur 2,358
Lamin 447
Bhainsa Becharag 120
Jagatpur Khurd 737
Tibber 9,410
Sundar 370
Bahian 1,290
Mustfabad Jattan 1,700

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