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Maira Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Maira is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 69 families residing. The Maira village has population of 396 of which 196 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maira village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 16.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maira village is 1020 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Maira as per census is 1133, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Maira village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maira village was 74.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Maira Male literacy stands at 84.94 % while female literacy rate was 63.86 %.

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

Maira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 396 196 200
Child (0-6) 64 30 34
Schedule Caste 85 39 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.40 % 84.94 % 63.86 %
Total Workers 224 118 106
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 90 33 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.46 % of total population in Maira village. The village Maira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maira village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 59.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.