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Chitarna Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Chitarna is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 90 families residing. The Chitarna village has population of 695 of which 355 are males while 340 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitarna village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 16.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitarna village is 958 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitarna as per census is 825, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chitarna village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitarna village was 64.48 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chitarna Male literacy stands at 83.56 % while female literacy rate was 45.14 %.

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

Chitarna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 90 - -
Population 695 355 340
Child (0-6) 115 63 52
Schedule Caste 219 109 110
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.48 % 83.56 % 45.14 %
Total Workers 264 165 99
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 100 3 97

Caste Factor

Chitarna village of Giridih has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.51 % of total population in Chitarna village. The village Chitarna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitarna village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 62.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.