Kushwa Population - Kullu, Himachal Pradesh

Kushwa is a medium size village located in Nermand Tehsil of Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh with total 355 families residing. The Kushwa village has population of 1531 of which 803 are males while 728 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kushwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kushwa village is 907 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kushwa as per census is 881, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kushwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kushwa village was 69.87 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kushwa Male literacy stands at 80.34 % while female literacy rate was 58.37 %.

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

Kushwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	355	-	-
Population	1,531	803	728
Child (0-6)	190	101	89
Schedule Caste	641	330	311
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.87 %	80.34 %	58.37 %
Total Workers	936	497	439
Main Worker	631	-	-
Marginal Worker	305	130	175

Caste Factor

In Kushwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.87 % of total population in Kushwa village. The village Kushwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kushwa village out of total population, 936 were engaged in work activities. 67.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 936 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 257 were Agricultural labourer.