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Mashon Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Mashon is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 67 families residing. The Mashon village has population of 299 of which 142 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mashon village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 16.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mashon village is 1106 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Mashon as per census is 960, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Mashon village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mashon village was 73.60 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Mashon Male literacy stands at 86.32 % while female literacy rate was 62.41 %.

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

Mashon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 299 142 157
Child (0-6) 49 25 24
Schedule Caste 120 55 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.60 % 86.32 % 62.41 %
Total Workers 139 62 77
Main Worker 76 - -
Marginal Worker 63 6 57

Caste Factor

In Mashon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.13 % of total population in Mashon village. The village Mashon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mashon village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 54.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.