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Chirgaon Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Chirgaon is a medium size village located in Chirgaon Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 233 families residing. The Chirgaon village has population of 1070 of which 568 are males while 502 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chirgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chirgaon village is 884 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chirgaon as per census is 797, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chirgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chirgaon village was 78.44 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chirgaon Male literacy stands at 87.45 % while female literacy rate was 68.40 %.

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

Chirgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 233 - -
Population 1,070 568 502
Child (0-6) 133 74 59
Schedule Caste 211 114 97
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 78.44 % 87.45 % 68.40 %
Total Workers 597 322 275
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 230 15 215

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.28 % of total population in Chirgaon village.

Work Profile

In Chirgaon village out of total population, 597 were engaged in work activities. 61.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 597 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.