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Chandihar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Chandihar is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 116 families residing. The Chandihar village has population of 525 of which 247 are males while 278 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandihar village is 1126 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandihar as per census is 1433, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chandihar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandihar village was 44.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chandihar Male literacy stands at 56.22 % while female literacy rate was 33.19 %.

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

Chandihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 525 247 278
Child (0-6) 73 30 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 525 247 278
Literacy 44.25 % 56.22 % 33.19 %
Total Workers 291 148 143
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 179 71 108

Caste Factor

In Chandihar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Chandihar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chandihar village of Maldah.

Work Profile

In Chandihar village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 38.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.