Anchu Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Anchu is a medium size village located in Chaibasa Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 246 families residing. The Anchu village has population of 1307 of which 603 are males while 704 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Anchu village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 16.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Anchu village is 1167 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Anchu as per census is 1065, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Anchu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Anchu village was 65.01 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Anchu Male literacy stands at 82.06 % while female literacy rate was 50.68 %.

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

Anchu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	246	-	-
Population	1,307	603	704
Child (0-6)	221	107	114
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	923	432	491
Literacy	65.01 %	82.06 %	50.68 %
Total Workers	489	309	180
Main Worker	360	-	-
Marginal Worker	129	56	73

Caste Factor

In Anchu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.62 % of total population in Anchu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Anchu village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Anchu village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 73.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.