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Pekhra Population - Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Pekhra is a medium size village located in Padhar Tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh with total 47 families residing. The Pekhra village has population of 252 of which 119 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pekhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pekhra village is 1118 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Pekhra as per census is 1222, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Pekhra village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pekhra village was 75.00 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Pekhra Male literacy stands at 87.13 % while female literacy rate was 63.96 %.

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

Pekhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 252 119 133
Child (0-6) 40 18 22
Schedule Caste 9 4 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.00 % 87.13 % 63.96 %
Total Workers 192 93 99
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 143 46 97

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.57 % of total population in Pekhra village. The village Pekhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pekhra village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 25.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.