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Chhayan Population - Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Ratlam Tehsil of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh with total 305 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 1564 of which 794 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 349 which makes up 22.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 970 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 897, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 73.17 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 78.52 % while female literacy rate was 67.77 %.

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

Chhayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,564 794 770
Child (0-6) 349 184 165
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,549 786 763
Literacy 73.17 % 78.52 % 67.77 %
Total Workers 1,172 593 579
Main Worker 793 - -
Marginal Worker 379 188 191

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.06 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 1172 were engaged in work activities. 67.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1172 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 767 were Agricultural labourer.