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Chanwai Population - Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Chanwai is a medium size village located in Akkalkuwa Taluka of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra with total 231 families residing. The Chanwai village has population of 1145 of which 575 are males while 570 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 239 which makes up 20.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanwai village is 991 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanwai as per census is 1078, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chanwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanwai village was 56.29 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chanwai Male literacy stands at 59.35 % while female literacy rate was 53.14 %.

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

Chanwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,145 575 570
Child (0-6) 239 115 124
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,144 575 569
Literacy 56.29 % 59.35 % 53.14 %
Total Workers 623 323 300
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 196 33 163

Caste Factor

In Chanwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.91 % of total population in Chanwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chanwai village of Nandurbar.

Work Profile

In Chanwai village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 68.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 254 were Agricultural labourer.