Mahasu Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Mahasu is a medium size village located in Kotkhai Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 77 families residing. The Mahasu village has population of 298 of which 152 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahasu village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 7.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahasu village is 961 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahasu as per census is 467, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Mahasu village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahasu village was 92.39 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Mahasu Male literacy stands at 93.43 % while female literacy rate was 91.37 %.

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

Mahasu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	77	-	-
Population	298	152	146
Child (0-6)	22	15	7
Schedule Caste	180	88	92
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	92.39 %	93.43 %	91.37 %
Total Workers	178	108	70
Main Worker	117	-	-
Marginal Worker	61	14	47

Caste Factor

In Mahasu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.40 % of total population in Mahasu village. The village Mahasu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahasu village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 65.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.