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Nawan Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Nawan is a medium size village located in Nankhari Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 62 families residing. The Nawan village has population of 274 of which 139 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 11 which makes up 4.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawan village is 971 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawan as per census is 1200, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Nawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawan village was 75.29 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Nawan Male literacy stands at 87.31 % while female literacy rate was 62.79 %.

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

Nawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 274 139 135
Child (0-6) 11 5 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.29 % 87.31 % 62.79 %
Total Workers 231 118 113
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 148 92 56

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nawan village of Shimla district.

Work Profile

In Nawan village out of total population, 231 were engaged in work activities. 35.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 231 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.