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Dofta Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dofta is a small village located in Cheta Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 24 families residing. The Dofta village has population of 134 of which 68 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dofta village population of children with age 0-6 is 10 which makes up 7.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dofta village is 971 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dofta as per census is 2333, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dofta village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dofta village was 66.94 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dofta Male literacy stands at 73.85 % while female literacy rate was 59.32 %.

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

Dofta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 134 68 66
Child (0-6) 10 3 7
Schedule Caste 60 31 29
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.94 % 73.85 % 59.32 %
Total Workers 69 36 33
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 41 8 33

Caste Factor

In Dofta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.78 % of total population in Dofta village. The village Dofta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dofta village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 40.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.