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Saharsa villages

Bihar · Saharsa · Salkhua

Chanan

3,958
people at the 2011 Census · 2,094 male, 1,864 female

Population

Population
3,958India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
34.11%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
46.63%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
19.99%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
26.64 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
890 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
904 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
23.04%India 13.59%
SC %
13.14%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.32India 4.85

Work

Workers
36.48%India 39.80%
Female Work
28.81%India 25.52%
Main Workers
91.34%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
63.52%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Chanan in context

With 3,958 people at the 2011 Census, Chanan was the 158th most populous of its district's 468 villages, above the district average of 3,727.

Literacy stood at 34.11%, 17.0 points below the district's rural average of 51.08%.