Chauhan Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Chauhan is a large village located in Amritsar -I Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 403 families residing. The Chauhan village has population of 2142 of which 1129 are males while 1013 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chauhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 8.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chauhan village is 897 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chauhan as per census is 792, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chauhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chauhan village was 69.31 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chauhan Male literacy stands at 74.49 % while female literacy rate was 63.62 %.

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

Chauhan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	403	-	-
Population	2,142	1,129	1,013
Child (0-6)	190	106	84
Schedule Caste	1,090	570	520
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.31 %	74.49 %	63.62 %
Total Workers	824	608	216
Main Worker	590	-	-
Marginal Worker	234	95	139

Caste Factor

In Chauhan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.89 % of total population in Chauhan village. The village Chauhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chauhan village out of total population, 824 were engaged in work activities. 71.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 824 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.