Garh Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Garh is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 39 families residing. The Garh village has population of 216 of which 106 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garh village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 13.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garh village is 1038 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Garh as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Garh village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Garh village was 70.43 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Garh Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 56.84 %.

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

Garh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	39	-	-
Population	216	106	110
Child (0-6)	30	15	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	207	100	107
Literacy	70.43 %	84.62 %	56.84 %
Total Workers	124	58	66
Main Worker	54	-	-
Marginal Worker	70	22	48

Caste Factor

In Garh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.83 % of total population in Garh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garh village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Garh village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 43.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.