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Diswani Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Diswani is a medium size village located in Chirgaon Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 204 families residing. The Diswani village has population of 1028 of which 537 are males while 491 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diswani village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 10.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diswani village is 914 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Diswani as per census is 734, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Diswani village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Diswani village was 68.59 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Diswani Male literacy stands at 78.44 % while female literacy rate was 58.11 %.

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

Diswani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 1,028 537 491
Child (0-6) 111 64 47
Schedule Caste 416 212 204
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.59 % 78.44 % 58.11 %
Total Workers 476 308 168
Main Worker 471 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

In Diswani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.47 % of total population in Diswani village. The village Diswani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Diswani village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 98.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 374 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.