Gaso Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Gaso is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 126 families residing. The Gaso village has population of 536 of which 278 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaso village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 14.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaso village is 928 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaso as per census is 560, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gaso village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaso village was 74.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gaso Male literacy stands at 84.65 % while female literacy rate was 63.91 %.

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

Gaso Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	536	278	258
Child (0-6)	78	50	28
Schedule Caste	349	179	170
Schedule Tribe	19	9	10
Literacy	74.24 %	84.65 %	63.91 %
Total Workers	412	199	213
Main Worker	30	-	-
Marginal Worker	382	183	199

Caste Factor

In Gaso village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.11 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.54 % of total population in Gaso village.

Work Profile

In Gaso village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 7.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.