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Chighar Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Chighar is a small village located in Hamirpur Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 38 families residing. The Chighar village has population of 169 of which 79 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chighar village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chighar village is 1139 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chighar as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chighar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chighar village was 93.29 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chighar Male literacy stands at 97.10 % while female literacy rate was 90.00 %.

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

Chighar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 169 79 90
Child (0-6) 20 10 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.29 % 97.10 % 90.00 %
Total Workers 90 38 52
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 55 7 48

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Chighar village of Hamirpur district.

Work Profile

In Chighar village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 38.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.