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Chashma Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chashma is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 166 families residing. The Chashma village has population of 901 of which 465 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chashma village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chashma village is 938 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chashma as per census is 839, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chashma village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chashma village was 74.33 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chashma Male literacy stands at 81.89 % while female literacy rate was 66.41 %.

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

Chashma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 901 465 436
Child (0-6) 114 62 52
Schedule Caste 447 224 223
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.33 % 81.89 % 66.41 %
Total Workers 314 258 56
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Chashma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.61 % of total population in Chashma village. The village Chashma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chashma village out of total population, 314 were engaged in work activities. 99.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 314 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.