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Gharun Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gharun is a medium size village located in Dera Gopipur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 88 families residing. The Gharun village has population of 376 of which 185 are males while 191 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharun village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 10.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharun village is 1032 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharun as per census is 810, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gharun village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharun village was 87.57 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gharun Male literacy stands at 95.12 % while female literacy rate was 80.46 %.

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

Gharun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 376 185 191
Child (0-6) 38 21 17
Schedule Caste 162 84 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.57 % 95.12 % 80.46 %
Total Workers 238 113 125
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 175 62 113

Caste Factor

In Gharun village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.09 % of total population in Gharun village. The village Gharun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gharun village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 26.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.