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Chaunta Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chaunta is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 526 families residing. The Chaunta village has population of 2655 of which 1323 are males while 1332 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaunta village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaunta village is 1007 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaunta as per census is 852, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chaunta village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaunta village was 86.09 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chaunta Male literacy stands at 90.89 % while female literacy rate was 81.41 %.

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

Chaunta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 526 - -
Population 2,655 1,323 1,332
Child (0-6) 276 149 127
Schedule Caste 891 449 442
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.09 % 90.89 % 81.41 %
Total Workers 775 662 113
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 299 251 48

Caste Factor

Chaunta village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.56 % of total population in Chaunta village. The village Chaunta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaunta village out of total population, 775 were engaged in work activities. 61.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 775 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.