Chhayan Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Shajapur Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 49 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 224 of which 115 are males while 109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 948 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 1056, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 78.07 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 88.66 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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	49	-	-
Population	224	115	109
Child (0-6)	37	18	19
Schedule Caste	129	67	62
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.07 %	88.66 %	66.67 %
Total Workers	125	66	59
Main Worker	74	-	-
Marginal Worker	51	7	44

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.59 % 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, 125 were engaged in work activities. 59.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.