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Kerasa Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kerasa is a medium size village located in Rohru Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 61 families residing. The Kerasa village has population of 263 of which 127 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 7.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerasa village is 1071 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerasa as per census is 900, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kerasa village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerasa village was 75.41 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kerasa Male literacy stands at 88.89 % while female literacy rate was 62.99 %.

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

Kerasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 263 127 136
Child (0-6) 19 10 9
Schedule Caste 82 39 43
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.41 % 88.89 % 62.99 %
Total Workers 170 85 85
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 158 78 80

Caste Factor

Kerasa village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.18 % of total population in Kerasa village. The village Kerasa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kerasa village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 7.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.