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Rail Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Rail is a small village located in Jaswan Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Rail village has population of 157 of which 77 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rail village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 10.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rail village is 1039 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Rail as per census is 545, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Rail village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Rail village was 85.71 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Rail Male literacy stands at 92.42 % while female literacy rate was 79.73 %.

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

Rail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 157 77 80
Child (0-6) 17 11 6
Schedule Caste 53 29 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.71 % 92.42 % 79.73 %
Total Workers 45 37 8
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 9 9 0

Caste Factor

Rail village of Kangra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.76 % of total population in Rail village. The village Rail currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rail village out of total population, 45 were engaged in work activities. 80.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 45 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.