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Shantewa Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Shantewa is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 144 families residing. The Shantewa village has population of 871 of which 396 are males while 475 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shantewa village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 16.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shantewa village is 1199 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shantewa as per census is 1200, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shantewa village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shantewa village was 65.11 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shantewa Male literacy stands at 73.11 % while female literacy rate was 58.44 %.

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

Shantewa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 871 396 475
Child (0-6) 143 65 78
Schedule Caste 638 293 345
Schedule Tribe 7 2 5
Literacy 65.11 % 73.11 % 58.44 %
Total Workers 480 232 248
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 283 62 221

Caste Factor

In Shantewa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.25 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.80 % of total population in Shantewa village.

Work Profile

In Shantewa village out of total population, 480 were engaged in work activities. 41.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 480 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.