Kandhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kandhar is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 79 families residing. The Kandhar village has population of 339 of which 177 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 11.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandhar village is 915 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandhar as per census is 818, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kandhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandhar village was 76.25 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kandhar Male literacy stands at 83.87 % while female literacy rate was 68.06 %.

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

Kandhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	79	-	-
Population	339	177	162
Child (0-6)	40	22	18
Schedule Caste	125	63	62
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.25 %	83.87 %	68.06 %
Total Workers	256	134	122
Main Worker	153	-	-
Marginal Worker	103	34	69

Caste Factor

In Kandhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.87 % of total population in Kandhar village. The village Kandhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandhar village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 59.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.