Mashu Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Mashu is a medium size village located in Kamrau Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 123 families residing. The Mashu village has population of 985 of which 529 are males while 456 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mashu village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mashu village is 862 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Mashu as per census is 1065, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Mashu village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mashu village was 73.51 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Mashu Male literacy stands at 82.44 % while female literacy rate was 62.82 %.

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

Mashu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	985	529	456
Child (0-6)	128	62	66
Schedule Caste	452	238	214
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.51 %	82.44 %	62.82 %
Total Workers	439	315	124
Main Worker	415	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	11	13

Caste Factor

In Mashu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.89 % of total population in Mashu village. The village Mashu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mashu village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 94.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 306 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.