Gandar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gandar is a medium size village located in Jaisinghpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 119 families residing. The Gandar village has population of 466 of which 208 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandar village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 10.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandar village is 1240 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandar as per census is 846, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gandar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandar village was 87.80 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gandar Male literacy stands at 93.41 % while female literacy rate was 83.47 %.

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

Gandar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	466	208	258
Child (0-6)	48	26	22
Schedule Caste	199	91	108
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.80 %	93.41 %	83.47 %
Total Workers	143	87	56
Main Worker	109	-	-
Marginal Worker	34	13	21

Caste Factor

In Gandar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.70 % of total population in Gandar village. The village Gandar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandar village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 76.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.