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Shoon Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Shoon is a medium size village located in Pangi Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 54 families residing. The Shoon village has population of 267 of which 139 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shoon village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shoon village is 921 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shoon as per census is 765, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shoon village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shoon village was 71.73 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shoon Male literacy stands at 82.79 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Shoon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 267 139 128
Child (0-6) 30 17 13
Schedule Caste 56 26 30
Schedule Tribe 209 113 96
Literacy 71.73 % 82.79 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 146 73 73
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 123 57 66

Caste Factor

In Shoon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.28 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 20.97 % of total population in Shoon village.

Work Profile

In Shoon village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 15.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.