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Samkar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Samkar is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 396 families residing. The Samkar village has population of 1841 of which 900 are males while 941 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 8.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samkar village is 1046 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Samkar as per census is 843, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Samkar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Samkar village was 91.71 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Samkar Male literacy stands at 96.08 % while female literacy rate was 87.60 %.

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

Samkar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 396 - -
Population 1,841 900 941
Child (0-6) 153 83 70
Schedule Caste 161 83 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.71 % 96.08 % 87.60 %
Total Workers 818 491 327
Main Worker 502 - -
Marginal Worker 316 122 194

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.75 % of total population in Samkar village. The village Samkar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Samkar village out of total population, 818 were engaged in work activities. 61.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 818 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.