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Kandhwara Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Kandhwara is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 98 families residing. The Kandhwara village has population of 491 of which 261 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandhwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandhwara village is 881 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandhwara as per census is 791, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kandhwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandhwara village was 67.63 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kandhwara Male literacy stands at 81.65 % while female literacy rate was 52.04 %.

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

Kandhwara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 491 261 230
Child (0-6) 77 43 34
Schedule Caste 173 100 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.63 % 81.65 % 52.04 %
Total Workers 376 192 184
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 254 78 176

Caste Factor

In Kandhwara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.23 % of total population in Kandhwara village. The village Kandhwara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandhwara village out of total population, 376 were engaged in work activities. 32.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 376 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.