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Rail Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Rail is a medium size village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 42 families residing. The Rail village has population of 223 of which 120 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rail village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 12.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rail village is 858 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Rail as per census is 867, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Rail village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Rail village was 84.62 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Rail Male literacy stands at 94.29 % while female literacy rate was 73.33 %.

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

Rail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 223 120 103
Child (0-6) 28 15 13
Schedule Caste 26 14 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.62 % 94.29 % 73.33 %
Total Workers 146 77 69
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 19 2 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.66 % of total population in Rail village. The village Rail currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rail village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 86.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.