Kangosh Population - Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh

Kangosh is a medium size village located in Nichar Tehsil of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 152 families residing. The Kangosh village has population of 595 of which 320 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kangosh village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kangosh village is 859 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kangosh as per census is 690, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kangosh village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kangosh village was 68.51 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kangosh Male literacy stands at 73.74 % while female literacy rate was 62.60 %.

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

Kangosh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	152	-	-
Population	595	320	275
Child (0-6)	71	42	29
Schedule Caste	306	153	153
Schedule Tribe	249	133	116
Literacy	68.51 %	73.74 %	62.60 %
Total Workers	341	192	149
Main Worker	337	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Kangosh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.43 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 41.85 % of total population in Kangosh village.

Work Profile

In Kangosh village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 98.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.