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Sheela Lekh Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Sheela Lekh is a medium size village located in Dhari Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 127 families residing. The Sheela Lekh village has population of 573 of which 280 are males while 293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheela Lekh village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheela Lekh village is 1046 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheela Lekh as per census is 957, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Sheela Lekh village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheela Lekh village was 90.89 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Sheela Lekh Male literacy stands at 98.72 % while female literacy rate was 83.53 %.

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

Sheela Lekh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 573 280 293
Child (0-6) 90 46 44
Schedule Caste 198 100 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.89 % 98.72 % 83.53 %
Total Workers 331 156 175
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 285 115 170

Caste Factor

Sheela Lekh village of Nainital has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.55 % of total population in Sheela Lekh village. The village Sheela Lekh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheela Lekh village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 13.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.