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Chihi Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Chihi is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 109 families residing. The Chihi village has population of 629 of which 317 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chihi village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chihi village is 984 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Chihi as per census is 1311, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Chihi village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chihi village was 61.14 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Chihi Male literacy stands at 72.43 % while female literacy rate was 49.01 %.

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

Chihi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 629 317 312
Child (0-6) 104 45 59
Schedule Caste 538 271 267
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.14 % 72.43 % 49.01 %
Total Workers 354 172 182
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 120 63 57

Caste Factor

In Chihi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.53 % of total population in Chihi village. The village Chihi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chihi village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 66.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.