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Chaura Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Chaura is a medium size village located in Meherma Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 342 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 1822 of which 954 are males while 868 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 331 which makes up 18.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 910 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 780, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chaura village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 67.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 75.52 % while female literacy rate was 57.95 %.

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 342 - -
Population 1,822 954 868
Child (0-6) 331 186 145
Schedule Caste 109 61 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.00 % 75.52 % 57.95 %
Total Workers 920 525 395
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 845 471 374

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.98 % 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, 920 were engaged in work activities. 8.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 920 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.