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Chokar Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Chokar is a medium size village located in Bastar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 379 families residing. The Chokar village has population of 1586 of which 778 are males while 808 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chokar village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 16.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chokar village is 1039 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Chokar as per census is 1039, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Chokar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chokar village was 40.15 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Chokar Male literacy stands at 52.77 % while female literacy rate was 28.00 %.

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

Chokar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,586 778 808
Child (0-6) 261 128 133
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 1,117 546 571
Literacy 40.15 % 52.77 % 28.00 %
Total Workers 986 469 517
Main Worker 559 - -
Marginal Worker 427 53 374

Caste Factor

In Chokar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Chokar village.

Work Profile

In Chokar village out of total population, 986 were engaged in work activities. 56.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 986 workers engaged in Main Work, 309 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 222 were Agricultural labourer.