Salwahan Population - Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Salwahan is a medium size village located in Mandi Tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh with total 173 families residing. The Salwahan village has population of 761 of which 389 are males while 372 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salwahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 10.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salwahan village is 956 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Salwahan as per census is 814, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Salwahan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Salwahan village was 78.33 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Salwahan Male literacy stands at 86.99 % while female literacy rate was 69.44 %.

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

Salwahan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	173	-	-
Population	761	389	372
Child (0-6)	78	43	35
Schedule Caste	653	333	320
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.33 %	86.99 %	69.44 %
Total Workers	423	209	214
Main Worker	239	-	-
Marginal Worker	184	18	166

Caste Factor

In Salwahan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.81 % of total population in Salwahan village. The village Salwahan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salwahan village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 56.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.