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Chontha Population - Hazaribagh, Jharkhand

Chontha is a medium size village located in Bishungarh Block of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand with total 193 families residing. The Chontha village has population of 1207 of which 601 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chontha village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 17.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chontha village is 1008 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chontha as per census is 901, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chontha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chontha village was 66.57 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chontha Male literacy stands at 78.78 % while female literacy rate was 54.74 %.

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

Chontha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,207 601 606
Child (0-6) 211 111 100
Schedule Caste 316 154 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.57 % 78.78 % 54.74 %
Total Workers 472 308 164
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 325 225 100

Caste Factor

Chontha village of Hazaribagh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.18 % of total population in Chontha village. The village Chontha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chontha village out of total population, 472 were engaged in work activities. 31.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 472 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.