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Shawar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Shawar is a medium size village located in Multhan Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Shawar village has population of 234 of which 115 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 9.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shawar village is 1035 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shawar as per census is 1091, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shawar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shawar village was 65.88 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shawar Male literacy stands at 81.73 % while female literacy rate was 50.47 %.

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

Shawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 234 115 119
Child (0-6) 23 11 12
Schedule Caste 21 7 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.88 % 81.73 % 50.47 %
Total Workers 170 79 91
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.97 % of total population in Shawar village. The village Shawar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shawar village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 99.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.