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Chahal Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Chahal is a medium size village located in Deori Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 167 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 1131 of which 563 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 21.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal village is 1009 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal as per census is 1299, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chahal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 56.50 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 73.90 % while female literacy rate was 38.00 %.

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

Chahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 167 - -
Population 1,131 563 568
Child (0-6) 246 107 139
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 144 77 67
Literacy 56.50 % 73.90 % 38.00 %
Total Workers 268 247 21
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 240 223 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.73 % of total population in Chahal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chahal village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Chahal village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 10.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.