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Shingla Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shingla is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 401 families residing. The Shingla village has population of 1692 of which 867 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shingla village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shingla village is 952 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shingla as per census is 918, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shingla village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shingla village was 87.85 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shingla Male literacy stands at 93.79 % while female literacy rate was 81.63 %.

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

Shingla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 401 - -
Population 1,692 867 825
Child (0-6) 211 110 101
Schedule Caste 606 298 308
Schedule Tribe 32 14 18
Literacy 87.85 % 93.79 % 81.63 %
Total Workers 870 543 327
Main Worker 603 - -
Marginal Worker 267 109 158

Caste Factor

In Shingla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.82 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.89 % of total population in Shingla village.

Work Profile

In Shingla village out of total population, 870 were engaged in work activities. 69.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 870 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.