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Cheeral Population - Wayanad, Kerala

Cheeral is a large village located in Sulthanbathery Taluka of Wayanad district, Kerala with total 3823 families residing. The Cheeral village has population of 15725 of which 7667 are males while 8058 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cheeral village population of children with age 0-6 is 1554 which makes up 9.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cheeral village is 1051 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Cheeral as per census is 982, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Cheeral village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Cheeral village was 88.51 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Cheeral Male literacy stands at 91.70 % while female literacy rate was 85.50 %.

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

Cheeral Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 3,823 - -
Population 15,725 7,667 8,058
Child (0-6) 1,554 784 770
Schedule Caste 284 125 159
Schedule Tribe 2,509 1,188 1,321
Literacy 88.51 % 91.70 % 85.50 %
Total Workers 6,828 4,638 2,190
Main Worker 5,223 - -
Marginal Worker 1,605 905 700

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.96 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.81 % of total population in Cheeral village.

Work Profile

In Cheeral village out of total population, 6828 were engaged in work activities. 76.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6828 workers engaged in Main Work, 1450 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1904 were Agricultural labourer.