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Cholnar Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Cholnar is a medium size village located in Bakavand Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 340 families residing. The Cholnar village has population of 1469 of which 737 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cholnar village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cholnar village is 993 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Cholnar as per census is 1076, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Cholnar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Cholnar village was 54.12 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Cholnar Male literacy stands at 66.93 % while female literacy rate was 41.03 %.

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

Cholnar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,469 737 732
Child (0-6) 218 105 113
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 956 484 472
Literacy 54.12 % 66.93 % 41.03 %
Total Workers 840 465 375
Main Worker 143 - -
Marginal Worker 697 354 343

Caste Factor

In Cholnar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.08 % of total population in Cholnar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cholnar village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Cholnar village out of total population, 840 were engaged in work activities. 17.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 840 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.