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Kalwala Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Kalwala is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 50 families residing. The Kalwala village has population of 299 of which 165 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 11.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalwala village is 812 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalwala as per census is 522, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kalwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalwala village was 58.71 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kalwala Male literacy stands at 69.01 % while female literacy rate was 46.72 %.

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

Kalwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 299 165 134
Child (0-6) 35 23 12
Schedule Caste 228 130 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.71 % 69.01 % 46.72 %
Total Workers 161 81 80
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 84 8 76

Caste Factor

In Kalwala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.25 % of total population in Kalwala village. The village Kalwala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalwala village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 47.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.