Khatkar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Khatkar is a small village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Khatkar village has population of 170 of which 89 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khatkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 17.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khatkar village is 910 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Khatkar as per census is 765, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Khatkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Khatkar village was 70.00 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Khatkar Male literacy stands at 79.17 % while female literacy rate was 60.29 %.

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

Khatkar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	170	89	81
Child (0-6)	30	17	13
Schedule Caste	143	76	67
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.00 %	79.17 %	60.29 %
Total Workers	97	53	44
Main Worker	45	-	-
Marginal Worker	52	12	40

Caste Factor

In Khatkar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 84.12 % of total population in Khatkar village. The village Khatkar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khatkar village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 46.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.