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Chhayan Population - Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Thandla Tehsil of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh with total 184 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 985 of which 497 are males while 488 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 275 which makes up 27.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 982 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 821, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Chhayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhayan village was 25.07 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 29.19 % while female literacy rate was 21.15 %.

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 184 - -
Population 985 497 488
Child (0-6) 275 151 124
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 984 497 487
Literacy 25.07 % 29.19 % 21.15 %
Total Workers 406 205 201
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 229 49 180

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.10 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 43.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.