Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Chanka Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Chanka is a medium size village located in Nokha Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 164 families residing. The Chanka village has population of 1084 of which 511 are males while 573 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 16.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanka village is 1121 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanka as per census is 1295, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chanka village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanka village was 71.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chanka Male literacy stands at 84.06 % while female literacy rate was 60.59 %.

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

Chanka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 1,084 511 573
Child (0-6) 179 78 101
Schedule Caste 34 18 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.82 % 84.06 % 60.59 %
Total Workers 337 258 79
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 203 130 73

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.14 % of total population in Chanka village. The village Chanka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanka village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 39.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.