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Handal Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Handal is a small village located in Rakkar Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 39 families residing. The Handal village has population of 154 of which 68 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handal village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handal village is 1265 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Handal as per census is 2750, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Handal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Handal village was 88.49 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Handal Male literacy stands at 96.88 % while female literacy rate was 81.33 %.

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

Handal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 154 68 86
Child (0-6) 15 4 11
Schedule Caste 25 9 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.49 % 96.88 % 81.33 %
Total Workers 122 60 62
Main Worker 14 - -
Marginal Worker 108 50 58

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.23 % of total population in Handal village. The village Handal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handal village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 11.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.