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Parhain Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Parhain is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 30 families residing. The Parhain village has population of 147 of which 76 are males while 71 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parhain village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 16.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parhain village is 934 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Parhain as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Parhain village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Parhain village was 77.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Parhain Male literacy stands at 89.06 % while female literacy rate was 64.41 %.

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

Parhain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 147 76 71
Child (0-6) 24 12 12
Schedule Caste 26 16 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.24 % 89.06 % 64.41 %
Total Workers 93 48 45
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.69 % of total population in Parhain village. The village Parhain currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parhain village out of total population, 93 were engaged in work activities. 96.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 93 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.