Kothu Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kothu is a medium size village located in Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 44 families residing. The Kothu village has population of 220 of which 114 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kothu village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 6.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kothu village is 930 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kothu as per census is 556, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kothu village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kothu village was 76.21 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kothu Male literacy stands at 87.62 % while female literacy rate was 64.36 %.

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

Kothu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	220	114	106
Child (0-6)	14	9	5
Schedule Caste	95	46	49
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.21 %	87.62 %	64.36 %
Total Workers	104	69	35
Main Worker	92	-	-
Marginal Worker	12	6	6

Caste Factor

In Kothu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.18 % of total population in Kothu village. The village Kothu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kothu village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 88.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.