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Chaura Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Chaura is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 80 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 483 of which 263 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 16.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 837 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 600, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chaura village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 70.22 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 83.10 % while female literacy rate was 55.79 %.

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

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 483 263 220
Child (0-6) 80 50 30
Schedule Caste 197 104 93
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.22 % 83.10 % 55.79 %
Total Workers 258 142 116
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 189 79 110

Caste Factor

In Chaura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.79 % of total population in Chaura village. The village Chaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 26.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.