Hikam Population - Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh

Hikam is a small village located in Spiti Tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh with total 39 families residing. The Hikam village has population of 195 of which 104 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hikam village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 17.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hikam village is 875 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Hikam as per census is 889, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Hikam village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Hikam village was 76.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Hikam Male literacy stands at 79.07 % while female literacy rate was 73.33 %.

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

Hikam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	39	-	-
Population	195	104	91
Child (0-6)	34	18	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	194	104	90
Literacy	76.40 %	79.07 %	73.33 %
Total Workers	111	67	44
Main Worker	85	-	-
Marginal Worker	26	18	8

Caste Factor

In Hikam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.49 % of total population in Hikam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hikam village of Lahul and Spiti.

Work Profile

In Hikam village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 76.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.