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Ghalja Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Ghalja is a medium size village located in Renuka Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 42 families residing. The Ghalja village has population of 216 of which 113 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghalja village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 16.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghalja village is 912 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghalja as per census is 944, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Ghalja village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghalja village was 62.98 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Ghalja Male literacy stands at 70.53 % while female literacy rate was 54.65 %.

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

Ghalja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 216 113 103
Child (0-6) 35 18 17
Schedule Caste 87 44 43
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.98 % 70.53 % 54.65 %
Total Workers 126 65 61
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 118 60 58

Caste Factor

In Ghalja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.28 % of total population in Ghalja village. The village Ghalja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghalja village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 6.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.