Jhalta Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Jhalta is a medium size village located in Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 99 families residing. The Jhalta village has population of 407 of which 207 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhalta village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 8.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhalta village is 966 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhalta as per census is 1333, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jhalta village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhalta village was 68.28 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jhalta Male literacy stands at 76.56 % while female literacy rate was 59.44 %.

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

Jhalta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	99	-	-
Population	407	207	200
Child (0-6)	35	15	20
Schedule Caste	207	104	103
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.28 %	76.56 %	59.44 %
Total Workers	290	156	134
Main Worker	253	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	18	19

Caste Factor

In Jhalta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.86 % of total population in Jhalta village. The village Jhalta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhalta village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 87.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.