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Chhayan Population - Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Shamgarh Tehsil of Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 153 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 647 of which 332 are males while 315 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 14.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 949 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 936, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 53.60 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 70.88 % while female literacy rate was 35.42 %.

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

Chhayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 647 332 315
Child (0-6) 91 47 44
Schedule Caste 224 111 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.60 % 70.88 % 35.42 %
Total Workers 352 197 155
Main Worker 218 - -
Marginal Worker 134 29 105

Caste Factor

Chhayan village of Mandsaur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.62 % of total population in Chhayan village. The village Chhayan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 352 were engaged in work activities. 61.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 352 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.