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Santwan Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Santwan is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 50 families residing. The Santwan village has population of 242 of which 121 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 9.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santwan village is 1000 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Santwan as per census is 692, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Santwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Santwan village was 87.73 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Santwan Male literacy stands at 94.44 % while female literacy rate was 81.25 %.

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

Santwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 242 121 121
Child (0-6) 22 13 9
Schedule Caste 74 35 39
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.73 % 94.44 % 81.25 %
Total Workers 96 58 38
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

Santwan village of Kangra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.58 % of total population in Santwan village. The village Santwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santwan village out of total population, 96 were engaged in work activities. 95.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 96 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.