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Chhayan Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Dewas Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 99 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 459 of which 245 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 16.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 873 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 810, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 78.33 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 88.67 % 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 99 - -
Population 459 245 214
Child (0-6) 76 42 34
Schedule Caste 292 156 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.33 % 88.67 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 148 135 13
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.62 % 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, 148 were engaged in work activities. 95.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.