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Hunjar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Hunjar is a medium size village located in Chamba Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 140 families residing. The Hunjar village has population of 596 of which 285 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hunjar village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hunjar village is 1091 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Hunjar as per census is 1146, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Hunjar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Hunjar village was 74.80 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Hunjar Male literacy stands at 88.11 % while female literacy rate was 62.50 %.

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

Hunjar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 596 285 311
Child (0-6) 88 41 47
Schedule Caste 296 146 150
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.80 % 88.11 % 62.50 %
Total Workers 122 116 6
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 71 71 0

Caste Factor

In Hunjar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.66 % of total population in Hunjar village. The village Hunjar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hunjar village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 41.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.