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Shelan Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shelan is a medium size village located in Rohru Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 142 families residing. The Shelan village has population of 675 of which 345 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shelan village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 8.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shelan village is 957 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shelan as per census is 1077, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shelan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shelan village was 79.23 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shelan Male literacy stands at 92.48 % while female literacy rate was 65.23 %.

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

Shelan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 675 345 330
Child (0-6) 54 26 28
Schedule Caste 207 107 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.23 % 92.48 % 65.23 %
Total Workers 466 242 224
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 306 93 213

Caste Factor

Shelan village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.67 % of total population in Shelan village. The village Shelan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shelan village out of total population, 466 were engaged in work activities. 34.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 466 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.