Junth Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Junth is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 41 families residing. The Junth village has population of 260 of which 128 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Junth village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 16.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Junth village is 1031 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Junth as per census is 1200, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Junth village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Junth village was 58.33 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Junth Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Junth Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	41	-	-
Population	260	128	132
Child (0-6)	44	20	24
Schedule Caste	217	105	112
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.33 %	66.67 %	50.00 %
Total Workers	62	60	2
Main Worker	40	-	-
Marginal Worker	22	22	0

Caste Factor

In Junth village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.46 % of total population in Junth village. The village Junth currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Junth village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 64.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.