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Dashna Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dashna is a medium size village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 44 families residing. The Dashna village has population of 214 of which 111 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dashna village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 8.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dashna village is 928 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dashna as per census is 1250, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dashna village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dashna village was 72.45 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dashna Male literacy stands at 82.52 % while female literacy rate was 61.29 %.

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

Dashna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 214 111 103
Child (0-6) 18 8 10
Schedule Caste 29 13 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.45 % 82.52 % 61.29 %
Total Workers 131 71 60
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 45 2 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.55 % of total population in Dashna village. The village Dashna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dashna village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 65.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.