Chaugan Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Chaugan is a medium size village located in Nurpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Chaugan village has population of 208 of which 111 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaugan village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaugan village is 874 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaugan as per census is 737, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chaugan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaugan village was 74.86 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chaugan Male literacy stands at 78.26 % while female literacy rate was 71.08 %.

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

Chaugan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	208	111	97
Child (0-6)	33	19	14
Schedule Caste	80	42	38
Schedule Tribe	60	31	29
Literacy	74.86 %	78.26 %	71.08 %
Total Workers	58	51	7
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	35	31	4

Caste Factor

In Chaugan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.46 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 28.85 % of total population in Chaugan village.

Work Profile

In Chaugan village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 39.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.