Chahal Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Chahal is a medium size village located in Tarn Taran Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 202 families residing. The Chahal village has population of 1072 of which 578 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 11.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chahal village is 855 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chahal as per census is 868, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chahal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chahal village was 66.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chahal Male literacy stands at 70.98 % while female literacy rate was 61.38 %.

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

Chahal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	202	-	-
Population	1,072	578	494
Child (0-6)	127	68	59
Schedule Caste	328	174	154
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.56 %	70.98 %	61.38 %
Total Workers	365	338	27
Main Worker	336	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	22	7

Caste Factor

Chahal village of Tarn Taran has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.60 % of total population in Chahal village. The village Chahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chahal village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 92.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.