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Guwar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Guwar is a medium size village located in Holi Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 69 families residing. The Guwar village has population of 324 of which 174 are males while 150 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Guwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Guwar village is 862 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Guwar as per census is 947, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Guwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Guwar village was 73.87 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Guwar Male literacy stands at 81.94 % while female literacy rate was 64.39 %.

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

Guwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 324 174 150
Child (0-6) 37 19 18
Schedule Caste 40 21 19
Schedule Tribe 278 149 129
Literacy 73.87 % 81.94 % 64.39 %
Total Workers 179 132 47
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 135 95 40

Caste Factor

In Guwar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.35 % of total population in Guwar village.

Work Profile

In Guwar village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 24.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.