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Salah Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Salah is a medium size village located in Chamba Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 62 families residing. The Salah village has population of 287 of which 127 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salah village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salah village is 1260 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Salah as per census is 941, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Salah village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salah village was 74.41 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Salah Male literacy stands at 89.09 % while female literacy rate was 63.19 %.

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

Salah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 287 127 160
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 48 20 28
Schedule Tribe 66 28 38
Literacy 74.41 % 89.09 % 63.19 %
Total Workers 168 72 96
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 151 56 95

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 23.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.72 % of total population in Salah village.

Work Profile

In Salah village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 10.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.