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Chaura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chaura is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 212 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 1038 of which 524 are males while 514 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 981 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 667, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 73.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 78.76 % while female literacy rate was 68.67 %.

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

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,038 524 514
Child (0-6) 120 72 48
Schedule Caste 342 166 176
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.64 % 78.76 % 68.67 %
Total Workers 304 261 43
Main Worker 297 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Chaura village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.95 % of total population in Chaura village. The village Chaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 97.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.