Lamu Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Lamu is a medium size village located in Holi Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 163 families residing. The Lamu village has population of 716 of which 377 are males while 339 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lamu village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 12.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lamu village is 899 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Lamu as per census is 1068, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Lamu village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lamu village was 70.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Lamu Male literacy stands at 79.28 % while female literacy rate was 60.27 %.

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

Lamu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	716	377	339
Child (0-6)	91	44	47
Schedule Caste	214	114	100
Schedule Tribe	492	257	235
Literacy	70.40 %	79.28 %	60.27 %
Total Workers	256	220	36
Main Worker	151	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	84	21

Caste Factor

In Lamu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.89 % of total population in Lamu village.

Work Profile

In Lamu village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 58.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.