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Maingal Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Maingal is a medium size village located in Chamba Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 62 families residing. The Maingal village has population of 454 of which 235 are males while 219 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maingal village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 25.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maingal village is 932 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Maingal as per census is 735, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Maingal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maingal village was 47.02 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Maingal Male literacy stands at 65.27 % while female literacy rate was 28.99 %.

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

Maingal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 454 235 219
Child (0-6) 118 68 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 368 194 174
Literacy 47.02 % 65.27 % 28.99 %
Total Workers 258 121 137
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 46 11 35

Caste Factor

In Maingal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.06 % of total population in Maingal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maingal village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Maingal village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 82.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.