Chama Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Chama is a medium size village located in Ghaghra Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 125 families residing. The Chama village has population of 725 of which 356 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chama village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 25.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chama village is 1037 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chama as per census is 1091, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chama village was 43.25 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chama Male literacy stands at 56.72 % while female literacy rate was 30.04 %.

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

Chama Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	125	-	-
Population	725	356	369
Child (0-6)	184	88	96
Schedule Caste	293	149	144
Schedule Tribe	329	155	174
Literacy	43.25 %	56.72 %	30.04 %
Total Workers	381	198	183
Main Worker	127	-	-
Marginal Worker	254	112	142

Caste Factor

In Chama village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 40.41 % of total population in Chama village.

Work Profile

In Chama village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 33.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.