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Shohawal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shohawal is a small village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 22 families residing. The Shohawal village has population of 140 of which 62 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shohawal village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 14.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shohawal village is 1258 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shohawal as per census is 1857, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shohawal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shohawal village was 82.50 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shohawal Male literacy stands at 94.55 % while female literacy rate was 72.31 %.

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

Shohawal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 140 62 78
Child (0-6) 20 7 13
Schedule Caste 7 2 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.50 % 94.55 % 72.31 %
Total Workers 86 44 42
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 53 17 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.00 % of total population in Shohawal village. The village Shohawal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shohawal village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 38.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.