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Gipu Population - Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh

Gipu is a medium size village located in Spiti Tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh with total 43 families residing. The Gipu village has population of 223 of which 132 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gipu village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 6.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gipu village is 689 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gipu as per census is 750, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gipu village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gipu village was 84.21 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gipu Male literacy stands at 91.13 % while female literacy rate was 74.12 %.

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

Gipu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 223 132 91
Child (0-6) 14 8 6
Schedule Caste 9 9 0
Schedule Tribe 184 93 91
Literacy 84.21 % 91.13 % 74.12 %
Total Workers 132 83 49
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 25 9 16

Caste Factor

In Gipu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.04 % of total population in Gipu village.

Work Profile

In Gipu village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 81.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.