Gathan Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Gathan is a medium size village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 55 families residing. The Gathan village has population of 234 of which 115 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gathan village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gathan village is 1035 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gathan as per census is 1083, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gathan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gathan village was 74.16 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gathan Male literacy stands at 73.79 % while female literacy rate was 74.53 %.

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

Gathan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	234	115	119
Child (0-6)	25	12	13
Schedule Caste	89	38	51
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.16 %	73.79 %	74.53 %
Total Workers	143	79	64
Main Worker	127	-	-
Marginal Worker	16	6	10

Caste Factor

In Gathan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.03 % of total population in Gathan village. The village Gathan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gathan village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 88.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.