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Chewar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Chewar is a small village located in Kotkhai Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 31 families residing. The Chewar village has population of 146 of which 76 are males while 70 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chewar village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 13.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chewar village is 921 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chewar as per census is 1500, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chewar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chewar village was 80.16 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chewar Male literacy stands at 85.29 % while female literacy rate was 74.14 %.

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

Chewar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 146 76 70
Child (0-6) 20 8 12
Schedule Caste 4 1 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.16 % 85.29 % 74.14 %
Total Workers 114 63 51
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 55 12 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.74 % of total population in Chewar village. The village Chewar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chewar village out of total population, 114 were engaged in work activities. 51.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.