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Pekha Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Pekha is a medium size village located in Chirgaon Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 94 families residing. The Pekha village has population of 532 of which 291 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pekha village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pekha village is 828 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Pekha as per census is 829, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Pekha village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pekha village was 71.58 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Pekha Male literacy stands at 77.34 % while female literacy rate was 64.62 %.

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

Pekha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 532 291 241
Child (0-6) 64 35 29
Schedule Caste 196 108 88
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.58 % 77.34 % 64.62 %
Total Workers 296 167 129
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 25 15 10

Caste Factor

In Pekha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.84 % of total population in Pekha village. The village Pekha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pekha village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 91.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 184 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.