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Gaunt Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Gaunt is a small village located in Nahan Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 26 families residing. The Gaunt village has population of 137 of which 70 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaunt village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 19.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaunt village is 957 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaunt as per census is 929, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gaunt village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaunt village was 88.18 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gaunt Male literacy stands at 92.86 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Gaunt Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 137 70 67
Child (0-6) 27 14 13
Schedule Caste 21 9 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.18 % 92.86 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 102 52 50
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 43 19 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.33 % of total population in Gaunt village. The village Gaunt currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaunt village out of total population, 102 were engaged in work activities. 57.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 102 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.