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Chanchar Population - Bhojpur, Bihar

Chanchar is a medium size village located in Shahpur Block of Bhojpur district, Bihar with total 180 families residing. The Chanchar village has population of 1216 of which 660 are males while 556 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanchar village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 12.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanchar village is 842 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanchar as per census is 840, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Chanchar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanchar village was 70.48 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chanchar Male literacy stands at 80.83 % while female literacy rate was 58.20 %.

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

Chanchar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 1,216 660 556
Child (0-6) 149 81 68
Schedule Caste 24 14 10
Schedule Tribe 4 1 3
Literacy 70.48 % 80.83 % 58.20 %
Total Workers 740 441 299
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 495 225 270

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.97 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.33 % of total population in Chanchar village.

Work Profile

In Chanchar village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 33.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.