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Dakahal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dakahal is a medium size village located in Kotkhai Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 60 families residing. The Dakahal village has population of 200 of which 103 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 8.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakahal village is 942 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakahal as per census is 1667, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dakahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakahal village was 91.30 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dakahal Male literacy stands at 95.88 % while female literacy rate was 86.21 %.

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

Dakahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 200 103 97
Child (0-6) 16 6 10
Schedule Caste 40 18 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.30 % 95.88 % 86.21 %
Total Workers 94 69 25
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.00 % of total population in Dakahal village. The village Dakahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakahal village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.