Chalkad Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Chalkad is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 141 families residing. The Chalkad village has population of 749 of which 368 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalkad village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 19.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalkad village is 1035 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalkad as per census is 1145, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chalkad village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalkad village was 65.22 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chalkad Male literacy stands at 76.92 % while female literacy rate was 53.64 %.

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

Chalkad Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	141	-	-
Population	749	368	381
Child (0-6)	148	69	79
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	747	367	380
Literacy	65.22 %	76.92 %	53.64 %
Total Workers	427	217	210
Main Worker	93	-	-
Marginal Worker	334	169	165

Caste Factor

In Chalkad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Chalkad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chalkad village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Chalkad village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 21.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.