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Dethal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dethal is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 79 families residing. The Dethal village has population of 303 of which 140 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dethal village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 8.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dethal village is 1164 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dethal as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dethal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dethal village was 80.80 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dethal Male literacy stands at 89.60 % while female literacy rate was 73.51 %.

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

Dethal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 303 140 163
Child (0-6) 27 15 12
Schedule Caste 177 82 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.80 % 89.60 % 73.51 %
Total Workers 78 68 10
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Dethal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.42 % of total population in Dethal village. The village Dethal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dethal village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 98.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.