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Ghalon Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Ghalon is a medium size village located in Barsar Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 56 families residing. The Ghalon village has population of 201 of which 103 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghalon village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 10.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghalon village is 951 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghalon as per census is 571, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Ghalon village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghalon village was 89.94 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Ghalon Male literacy stands at 98.88 % while female literacy rate was 81.11 %.

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

Ghalon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 201 103 98
Child (0-6) 22 14 8
Schedule Caste 93 49 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.94 % 98.88 % 81.11 %
Total Workers 169 84 85
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 18 13 5

Caste Factor

In Ghalon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.27 % of total population in Ghalon village. The village Ghalon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghalon village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 89.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.