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Lahar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Lahar is a medium size village located in Dalhousie Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 98 families residing. The Lahar village has population of 469 of which 242 are males while 227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lahar village is 938 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Lahar as per census is 759, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Lahar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lahar village was 79.43 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Lahar Male literacy stands at 88.26 % while female literacy rate was 70.24 %.

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

Lahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 469 242 227
Child (0-6) 51 29 22
Schedule Caste 143 76 67
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.43 % 88.26 % 70.24 %
Total Workers 127 117 10
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 8 6 2

Caste Factor

Lahar village of Chamba has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.49 % of total population in Lahar village. The village Lahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lahar village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 93.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.