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Lajwa Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Lajwa is a medium size village located in Renuka Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 126 families residing. The Lajwa village has population of 673 of which 347 are males while 326 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lajwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 14.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lajwa village is 939 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Lajwa as per census is 1083, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Lajwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Lajwa village was 80.98 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Lajwa Male literacy stands at 89.63 % while female literacy rate was 71.53 %.

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

Lajwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 673 347 326
Child (0-6) 100 48 52
Schedule Caste 137 69 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.98 % 89.63 % 71.53 %
Total Workers 400 217 183
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 131 10 121

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.36 % of total population in Lajwa village. The village Lajwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lajwa village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 67.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 244 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.