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Chau Population - Lohardaga, Jharkhand

Chau is a medium size village located in Senha Block of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand with total 64 families residing. The Chau village has population of 282 of which 134 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chau village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 18.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chau village is 1104 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chau as per census is 1040, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chau village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chau village was 58.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chau Male literacy stands at 72.48 % while female literacy rate was 46.72 %.

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

Chau Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 282 134 148
Child (0-6) 51 25 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 240 113 127
Literacy 58.87 % 72.48 % 46.72 %
Total Workers 190 91 99
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 109 37 72

Caste Factor

In Chau village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.11 % of total population in Chau village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chau village of Lohardaga.

Work Profile

In Chau village out of total population, 190 were engaged in work activities. 42.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 190 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.