Gaura Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Gaura is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 169 families residing. The Gaura village has population of 667 of which 347 are males while 320 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaura village is 922 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaura as per census is 686, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaura village was 72.70 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gaura Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 61.49 %.

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

Gaura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	169	-	-
Population	667	347	320
Child (0-6)	59	35	24
Schedule Caste	377	188	189
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.70 %	83.33 %	61.49 %
Total Workers	336	166	170
Main Worker	319	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	7	10

Caste Factor

In Gaura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.52 % of total population in Gaura village. The village Gaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaura village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 94.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 238 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.