Ahar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Ahar is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 60 families residing. The Ahar village has population of 234 of which 121 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 5.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ahar village is 934 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Ahar as per census is 750, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Ahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ahar village was 88.64 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Ahar Male literacy stands at 95.58 % while female literacy rate was 81.31 %.

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

Ahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	60	-	-
Population	234	121	113
Child (0-6)	14	8	6
Schedule Caste	156	81	75
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	88.64 %	95.58 %	81.31 %
Total Workers	168	82	86
Main Worker	83	-	-
Marginal Worker	85	2	83

Caste Factor

In Ahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.67 % of total population in Ahar village. The village Ahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ahar village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 49.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.