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Andwas Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Andwas is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 63 families residing. The Andwas village has population of 350 of which 171 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Andwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 16.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Andwas village is 1047 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Andwas as per census is 1950, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Andwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Andwas village was 61.86 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Andwas Male literacy stands at 73.51 % while female literacy rate was 49.29 %.

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

Andwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 350 171 179
Child (0-6) 59 20 39
Schedule Caste 240 119 121
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.86 % 73.51 % 49.29 %
Total Workers 178 87 91
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 90 1 89

Caste Factor

In Andwas village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.57 % of total population in Andwas village. The village Andwas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Andwas village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 49.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.