Saunt Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Saunt is a medium size village located in Dera Gopipur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 239 families residing. The Saunt village has population of 950 of which 464 are males while 486 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saunt village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 8.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saunt village is 1047 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Saunt as per census is 1128, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Saunt village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Saunt village was 91.35 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Saunt Male literacy stands at 96.47 % while female literacy rate was 86.43 %.

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

Saunt Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	239	-	-
Population	950	464	486
Child (0-6)	83	39	44
Schedule Caste	314	158	156
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	91.35 %	96.47 %	86.43 %
Total Workers	360	235	125
Main Worker	244	-	-
Marginal Worker	116	39	77

Caste Factor

Saunt village of Kangra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.05 % of total population in Saunt village. The village Saunt currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saunt village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 67.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.