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Barwas Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Barwas is a medium size village located in Kamrau Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 159 families residing. The Barwas village has population of 1027 of which 536 are males while 491 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barwas village is 916 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Barwas as per census is 791, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Barwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Barwas village was 66.04 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Barwas Male literacy stands at 75.27 % while female literacy rate was 56.16 %.

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

Barwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 1,027 536 491
Child (0-6) 120 67 53
Schedule Caste 205 107 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.04 % 75.27 % 56.16 %
Total Workers 582 338 244
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 273 52 221

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.96 % of total population in Barwas village. The village Barwas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barwas village out of total population, 582 were engaged in work activities. 53.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 582 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.