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Bhandar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Bhandar is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Bhandar village has population of 255 of which 128 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhandar village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhandar village is 992 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhandar as per census is 1250, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Bhandar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhandar village was 69.74 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Bhandar Male literacy stands at 80.17 % while female literacy rate was 58.93 %.

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

Bhandar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 255 128 127
Child (0-6) 27 12 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.74 % 80.17 % 58.93 %
Total Workers 163 77 86
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 80 59 21

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Bhandar village of Chamba district.

Work Profile

In Bhandar village out of total population, 163 were engaged in work activities. 50.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 163 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.