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Jal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Jal is a small village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 38 families residing. The Jal village has population of 181 of which 89 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jal village population of children with age 0-6 is 6 which makes up 3.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jal village is 1034 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jal as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jal village was 85.14 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jal Male literacy stands at 89.53 % while female literacy rate was 80.90 %.

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

Jal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 181 89 92
Child (0-6) 6 3 3
Schedule Caste 65 37 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.14 % 89.53 % 80.90 %
Total Workers 134 66 68
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 14 4 10

Caste Factor

In Jal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.91 % of total population in Jal village. The village Jal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jal village out of total population, 134 were engaged in work activities. 89.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 134 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.