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Chandela Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Chandela is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 435 families residing. The Chandela village has population of 1664 of which 850 are males while 814 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandela village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandela village is 958 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandela as per census is 836, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chandela village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandela village was 66.60 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chandela Male literacy stands at 77.47 % while female literacy rate was 55.48 %.

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

Chandela Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 435 - -
Population 1,664 850 814
Child (0-6) 224 122 102
Schedule Caste 263 136 127
Schedule Tribe 819 410 409
Literacy 66.60 % 77.47 % 55.48 %
Total Workers 799 458 341
Main Worker 495 - -
Marginal Worker 304 136 168

Caste Factor

In Chandela village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.22 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.81 % of total population in Chandela village.

Work Profile

In Chandela village out of total population, 799 were engaged in work activities. 61.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 799 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 243 were Agricultural labourer.