Shalan Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shalan is a medium size village located in Nerua Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 30 families residing. The Shalan village has population of 217 of which 107 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shalan village is 1028 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shalan as per census is 1889, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shalan village was 70.16 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shalan Male literacy stands at 83.67 % while female literacy rate was 55.91 %.

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

Shalan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	30	-	-
Population	217	107	110
Child (0-6)	26	9	17
Schedule Caste	141	73	68
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.16 %	83.67 %	55.91 %
Total Workers	111	64	47
Main Worker	7	-	-
Marginal Worker	104	57	47

Caste Factor

In Shalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.98 % of total population in Shalan village. The village Shalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shalan village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 6.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.