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Chanan Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chanan is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 86 families residing. The Chanan village has population of 501 of which 257 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanan village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 16.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanan village is 949 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanan as per census is 1211, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chanan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanan village was 53.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chanan Male literacy stands at 64.38 % while female literacy rate was 40.91 %.

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

Chanan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 501 257 244
Child (0-6) 84 38 46
Schedule Caste 32 19 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.24 % 64.38 % 40.91 %
Total Workers 340 179 161
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 284 126 158

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.39 % of total population in Chanan village. The village Chanan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanan village out of total population, 340 were engaged in work activities. 16.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 340 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.