Sakhiar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Sakhiar is a medium size village located in Sihunta Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 53 families residing. The Sakhiar village has population of 315 of which 158 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakhiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 14.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakhiar village is 994 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakhiar as per census is 1647, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Sakhiar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakhiar village was 59.26 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Sakhiar Male literacy stands at 68.79 % while female literacy rate was 48.84 %.

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

Sakhiar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	53	-	-
Population	315	158	157
Child (0-6)	45	17	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	306	157	149
Literacy	59.26 %	68.79 %	48.84 %
Total Workers	243	128	115
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	233	122	111

Caste Factor

In Sakhiar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.14 % of total population in Sakhiar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sakhiar village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Sakhiar village out of total population, 243 were engaged in work activities. 4.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 243 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.