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Chunja Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Chunja is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 64 families residing. The Chunja village has population of 255 of which 109 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chunja village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 9.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chunja village is 1339 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chunja as per census is 923, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chunja village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chunja village was 75.22 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chunja Male literacy stands at 78.13 % while female literacy rate was 73.13 %.

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

Chunja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 255 109 146
Child (0-6) 25 13 12
Schedule Caste 19 10 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.22 % 78.13 % 73.13 %
Total Workers 165 73 92
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 99 16 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.45 % of total population in Chunja village. The village Chunja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chunja village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 40.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.