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Chahjar Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Chahjar is a small village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 46 families residing. The Chahjar village has population of 189 of which 106 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahjar village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 16.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahjar village is 783 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahjar as per census is 524, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chahjar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahjar village was 62.42 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chahjar Male literacy stands at 72.94 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Chahjar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 189 106 83
Child (0-6) 32 21 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 29 17 12
Literacy 62.42 % 72.94 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 102 58 44
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 37 32 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.34 % of total population in Chahjar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chahjar village of Jammu.

Work Profile

In Chahjar village out of total population, 102 were engaged in work activities. 63.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 102 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.