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Chanu Population - Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh

Chanu is a medium size village located in Longding Circle of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 197 families residing. The Chanu village has population of 1242 of which 618 are males while 624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanu village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 15.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanu village is 1010 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanu as per census is 960, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Chanu village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanu village was 24.24 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Chanu Male literacy stands at 34.30 % while female literacy rate was 14.37 %.

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

Chanu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 1,242 618 624
Child (0-6) 194 99 95
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,225 610 615
Literacy 24.24 % 34.30 % 14.37 %
Total Workers 572 282 290
Main Worker 542 - -
Marginal Worker 30 7 23

Caste Factor

In Chanu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.63 % of total population in Chanu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chanu village of Tirap.

Work Profile

In Chanu village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 94.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 520 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.