Gain Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Gain is a medium size village located in Nerua Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Gain village has population of 229 of which 119 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gain village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 10.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gain village is 924 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gain as per census is 1300, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gain village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gain village was 73.30 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gain Male literacy stands at 78.90 % while female literacy rate was 67.01 %.

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

Gain Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	229	119	110
Child (0-6)	23	10	13
Schedule Caste	101	55	46
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.30 %	78.90 %	67.01 %
Total Workers	106	59	47
Main Worker	49	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	11	46

Caste Factor

In Gain village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.10 % of total population in Gain village. The village Gain currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gain village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 46.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.