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Nirth Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Nirth is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 216 families residing. The Nirth village has population of 834 of which 436 are males while 398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nirth village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 9.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nirth village is 913 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Nirth as per census is 1162, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Nirth village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nirth village was 83.29 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Nirth Male literacy stands at 89.97 % while female literacy rate was 75.77 %.

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

Nirth Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 834 436 398
Child (0-6) 80 37 43
Schedule Caste 291 147 144
Schedule Tribe 10 6 4
Literacy 83.29 % 89.97 % 75.77 %
Total Workers 360 251 109
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 125 52 73

Caste Factor

Nirth village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.20 % of total population in Nirth village.

Work Profile

In Nirth village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 65.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.