Gahlian Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gahlian is a medium size village located in Jawalamukhi Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 65 families residing. The Gahlian village has population of 262 of which 117 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahlian village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 9.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahlian village is 1239 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahlian as per census is 1667, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gahlian village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahlian village was 81.51 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gahlian Male literacy stands at 91.67 % while female literacy rate was 73.08 %.

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

Gahlian Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	65	-	-
Population	262	117	145
Child (0-6)	24	9	15
Schedule Caste	205	93	112
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.51 %	91.67 %	73.08 %
Total Workers	214	98	116
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	197	85	112

Caste Factor

In Gahlian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.24 % of total population in Gahlian village. The village Gahlian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahlian village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 7.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.