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Chhayan Population - Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

Chhayan is a medium size village located in Meghnagar Tehsil of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh with total 267 families residing. The Chhayan village has population of 1306 of which 682 are males while 624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 19.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhayan village is 915 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhayan as per census is 820, 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 44.16 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Chhayan Male literacy stands at 60.22 % while female literacy rate was 27.06 %.

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 267 - -
Population 1,306 682 624
Child (0-6) 253 139 114
Schedule Caste 2 2 0
Schedule Tribe 1,300 677 623
Literacy 44.16 % 60.22 % 27.06 %
Total Workers 676 333 343
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 216 78 138

Caste Factor

In Chhayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.54 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.15 % of total population in Chhayan village.

Work Profile

In Chhayan village out of total population, 676 were engaged in work activities. 68.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 676 workers engaged in Main Work, 345 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.