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Charain Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Charain is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 210 families residing. The Charain village has population of 1028 of which 514 are males while 514 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Charain village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 18.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Charain village is 1000 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Charain as per census is 1097, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Charain village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Charain village was 53.54 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Charain Male literacy stands at 63.90 % while female literacy rate was 42.96 %.

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

Charain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,028 514 514
Child (0-6) 195 93 102
Schedule Caste 674 334 340
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.54 % 63.90 % 42.96 %
Total Workers 406 273 133
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 346 221 125

Caste Factor

In Charain village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.56 % of total population in Charain village. The village Charain currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Charain village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 14.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.