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Shimbra Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Shimbra is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 130 families residing. The Shimbra village has population of 654 of which 345 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shimbra village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shimbra village is 896 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shimbra as per census is 907, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shimbra village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shimbra village was 55.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shimbra Male literacy stands at 68.54 % while female literacy rate was 40.37 %.

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

Shimbra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 130 - -
Population 654 345 309
Child (0-6) 82 43 39
Schedule Caste 44 24 20
Schedule Tribe 74 44 30
Literacy 55.24 % 68.54 % 40.37 %
Total Workers 363 189 174
Main Worker 89 - -
Marginal Worker 274 106 168

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.73 % of total population in Shimbra village.

Work Profile

In Shimbra village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 24.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.