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Pal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Pal is a medium size village located in Kotkhai Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 43 families residing. The Pal village has population of 222 of which 112 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pal village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 15.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pal village is 982 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Pal as per census is 619, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Pal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pal village was 87.77 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Pal Male literacy stands at 90.11 % while female literacy rate was 85.57 %.

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

Pal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 222 112 110
Child (0-6) 34 21 13
Schedule Caste 13 9 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.77 % 90.11 % 85.57 %
Total Workers 139 72 67
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 48 5 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.86 % of total population in Pal village. The village Pal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pal village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 65.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.