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Kanda Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kanda is a medium size village located in Rohru Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 176 families residing. The Kanda village has population of 743 of which 378 are males while 365 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 6.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanda village is 966 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanda as per census is 724, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanda village was 72.01 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kanda Male literacy stands at 87.39 % while female literacy rate was 56.40 %.

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

Kanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 176 - -
Population 743 378 365
Child (0-6) 50 29 21
Schedule Caste 344 177 167
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.01 % 87.39 % 56.40 %
Total Workers 380 206 174
Main Worker 363 - -
Marginal Worker 17 3 14

Caste Factor

In Kanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.30 % of total population in Kanda village. The village Kanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanda village out of total population, 380 were engaged in work activities. 95.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 380 workers engaged in Main Work, 234 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.