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Airwan Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Airwan is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 84 families residing. The Airwan village has population of 459 of which 218 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Airwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 13.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Airwan village is 1106 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Airwan as per census is 1133, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Airwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Airwan village was 74.68 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Airwan Male literacy stands at 88.83 % while female literacy rate was 61.84 %.

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

Airwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 459 218 241
Child (0-6) 64 30 34
Schedule Caste 73 33 40
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 74.68 % 88.83 % 61.84 %
Total Workers 328 153 175
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 216 74 142

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Airwan village.

Work Profile

In Airwan village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 34.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.