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Salwan Population - Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

Salwan is a medium size village located in Ghumarwin Tehsil of Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 82 families residing. The Salwan village has population of 383 of which 191 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salwan village is 1005 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Salwan as per census is 538, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Salwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salwan village was 89.21 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Salwan Male literacy stands at 96.97 % while female literacy rate was 82.02 %.

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

Salwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 383 191 192
Child (0-6) 40 26 14
Schedule Caste 42 23 19
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.21 % 96.97 % 82.02 %
Total Workers 218 97 121
Main Worker 167 - -
Marginal Worker 51 5 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.97 % of total population in Salwan village. The village Salwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salwan village out of total population, 218 were engaged in work activities. 76.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 218 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.