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Chas population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 141,640 people
Households 25,540 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.67% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.46% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 141,640 74,727 66,913 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 18,340 9,667 8,673 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 103,167 58,758 44,409 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.67% 90.31% 76.25% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,813 6,507 6,306 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,548 796 752 Total workersCensus workers 37,483 33,371 4,112 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.46% 44.66% 6.15% Main workersworked at least 6 months 33,174 30,098 3,076 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,309 3,273 1,036 Non-workerspeople 104,157 41,356 62,801
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 25,540 households and 141,640 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.95% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.31% for males and 76.25% for females. Of 37,483 workers, 88.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 213 198 Agricultural labourers 157 114 Household industry workers 935 264 Other workers 31,869 3,733
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Chas (Nagar Parishad) 355 02595 141,640
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.