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Chongakhar Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Chongakhar is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 334 families residing. The Chongakhar village has population of 1973 of which 1015 are males while 958 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chongakhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 15.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chongakhar village is 944 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chongakhar as per census is 911, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chongakhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chongakhar village was 54.81 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chongakhar Male literacy stands at 68.76 % while female literacy rate was 40.12 %.

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

Chongakhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,973 1,015 958
Child (0-6) 300 157 143
Schedule Caste 499 261 238
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.81 % 68.76 % 40.12 %
Total Workers 1,191 653 538
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 731 225 506

Caste Factor

Chongakhar village of Giridih has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.29 % of total population in Chongakhar village. The village Chongakhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chongakhar village out of total population, 1191 were engaged in work activities. 38.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1191 workers engaged in Main Work, 400 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.