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Chandela Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Chandela is a medium size village located in Sohagpur Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 145 families residing. The Chandela village has population of 571 of which 289 are males while 282 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandela village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 18.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandela village is 976 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandela as per census is 1120, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chandela village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandela village was 54.19 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chandela Male literacy stands at 60.67 % while female literacy rate was 47.35 %.

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 145 - -
Population 571 289 282
Child (0-6) 106 50 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 397 199 198
Literacy 54.19 % 60.67 % 47.35 %
Total Workers 340 173 167
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 18 5 13

Caste Factor

In Chandela village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.53 % of total population in Chandela village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chandela village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Chandela village out of total population, 340 were engaged in work activities. 94.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 340 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 166 were Agricultural labourer.