Shahun Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shahun is a small village located in Kotkhai Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 32 families residing. The Shahun village has population of 141 of which 79 are males while 62 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahun village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahun village is 785 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahun as per census is 636, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shahun village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahun village was 84.55 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shahun Male literacy stands at 95.59 % while female literacy rate was 70.91 %.

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

Shahun Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	32	-	-
Population	141	79	62
Child (0-6)	18	11	7
Schedule Caste	50	28	22
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.55 %	95.59 %	70.91 %
Total Workers	86	48	38
Main Worker	78	-	-
Marginal Worker	8	2	6

Caste Factor

In Shahun village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.46 % of total population in Shahun village. The village Shahun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahun village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 90.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.