Kepu Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kepu is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 71 families residing. The Kepu village has population of 245 of which 133 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kepu village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 8.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kepu village is 842 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kepu as per census is 467, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kepu village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kepu village was 79.37 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kepu Male literacy stands at 88.14 % while female literacy rate was 69.52 %.

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

Kepu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	245	133	112
Child (0-6)	22	15	7
Schedule Caste	133	69	64
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.37 %	88.14 %	69.52 %
Total Workers	90	80	10
Main Worker	87	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	2	1

Caste Factor

In Kepu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.29 % of total population in Kepu village. The village Kepu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kepu village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 96.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.