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Chhani Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Chhani is a large village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 774 families residing. The Chhani village has population of 3327 of which 1684 are males while 1643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhani village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 11.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhani village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhani as per census is 1109, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chhani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhani village was 69.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chhani Male literacy stands at 80.45 % while female literacy rate was 57.90 %.

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

Chhani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 774 - -
Population 3,327 1,684 1,643
Child (0-6) 369 175 194
Schedule Caste 2,092 1,057 1,035
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.41 % 80.45 % 57.90 %
Total Workers 1,289 935 354
Main Worker 804 - -
Marginal Worker 485 216 269

Caste Factor

In Chhani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.88 % of total population in Chhani village. The village Chhani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhani village out of total population, 1289 were engaged in work activities. 62.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1289 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.