Salana Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Salana is a medium size village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 68 families residing. The Salana village has population of 338 of which 176 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salana village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salana village is 920 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Salana as per census is 739, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Salana village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salana village was 84.90 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Salana Male literacy stands at 92.16 % while female literacy rate was 77.24 %.

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

Salana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	338	176	162
Child (0-6)	40	23	17
Schedule Caste	243	128	115
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.90 %	92.16 %	77.24 %
Total Workers	253	133	120
Main Worker	126	-	-
Marginal Worker	127	24	103

Caste Factor

In Salana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.89 % of total population in Salana village. The village Salana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salana village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 49.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.