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Garh Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Garh is a medium size village located in Palampur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 80 families residing. The Garh village has population of 337 of which 156 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garh village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 9.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garh village is 1160 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Garh as per census is 600, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Garh village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Garh village was 83.61 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Garh Male literacy stands at 94.12 % while female literacy rate was 75.15 %.

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

Garh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 337 156 181
Child (0-6) 32 20 12
Schedule Caste 145 67 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.61 % 94.12 % 75.15 %
Total Workers 83 68 15
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 54 47 7

Caste Factor

In Garh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.03 % of total population in Garh village. The village Garh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garh village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 34.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.