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Gharun Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gharun is a medium size village located in Jaisinghpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 53 families residing. The Gharun village has population of 243 of which 115 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharun village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 14.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharun village is 1113 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharun as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gharun village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharun village was 93.72 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gharun Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 88.39 %.

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

Gharun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 243 115 128
Child (0-6) 36 20 16
Schedule Caste 36 19 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.72 % 100.00 % 88.39 %
Total Workers 32 31 1
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.81 % of total population in Gharun village. The village Gharun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gharun village out of total population, 32 were engaged in work activities. 96.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 32 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.