Chahia Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chahia is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 141 families residing. The Chahia village has population of 733 of which 393 are males while 340 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahia village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 7.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahia village is 865 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahia as per census is 793, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chahia village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahia village was 75.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahia Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 63.09 %.

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

Chahia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	141	-	-
Population	733	393	340
Child (0-6)	52	29	23
Schedule Caste	573	311	262
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.18 %	85.71 %	63.09 %
Total Workers	210	198	12
Main Worker	83	-	-
Marginal Worker	127	123	4

Caste Factor

In Chahia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.17 % of total population in Chahia village. The village Chahia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahia village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 39.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.