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Chhanwar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Chhanwar is a medium size village located in Nagrota Bagwan Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 108 families residing. The Chhanwar village has population of 508 of which 243 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhanwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhanwar village is 1091 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhanwar as per census is 886, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chhanwar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhanwar village was 87.10 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chhanwar Male literacy stands at 95.67 % while female literacy rate was 79.49 %.

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

Chhanwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 508 243 265
Child (0-6) 66 35 31
Schedule Caste 12 5 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.10 % 95.67 % 79.49 %
Total Workers 391 181 210
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 104 54 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.36 % of total population in Chhanwar village. The village Chhanwar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhanwar village out of total population, 391 were engaged in work activities. 73.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 391 workers engaged in Main Work, 181 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.