Sandwar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Sandwar is a medium size village located in Bhalai Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 57 families residing. The Sandwar village has population of 331 of which 160 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandwar village is 1069 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandwar as per census is 963, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Sandwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandwar village was 62.59 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Sandwar Male literacy stands at 78.20 % while female literacy rate was 48.28 %.

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

Sandwar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	331	160	171
Child (0-6)	53	27	26
Schedule Caste	159	82	77
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.59 %	78.20 %	48.28 %
Total Workers	245	117	128
Main Worker	14	-	-
Marginal Worker	231	108	123

Caste Factor

In Sandwar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.04 % of total population in Sandwar village. The village Sandwar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sandwar village out of total population, 245 were engaged in work activities. 5.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 245 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.