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Dakana Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dakana is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Dakana village has population of 177 of which 95 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakana village is 863 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakana as per census is 1375, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dakana village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakana village was 86.08 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dakana Male literacy stands at 89.66 % while female literacy rate was 81.69 %.

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

Dakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 177 95 82
Child (0-6) 19 8 11
Schedule Caste 41 22 19
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.08 % 89.66 % 81.69 %
Total Workers 123 63 60
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 71 21 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.16 % of total population in Dakana village. The village Dakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakana village out of total population, 123 were engaged in work activities. 42.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 123 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.