Karangla Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Karangla is a medium size village located in Nankhari Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 82 families residing. The Karangla village has population of 356 of which 178 are males while 178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karangla village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 8.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karangla village is 1000 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Karangla as per census is 778, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Karangla village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karangla village was 76.23 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Karangla Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 62.80 %.

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

Karangla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	356	178	178
Child (0-6)	32	18	14
Schedule Caste	187	94	93
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.23 %	90.00 %	62.80 %
Total Workers	228	113	115
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	191	83	108

Caste Factor

In Karangla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.53 % of total population in Karangla village. The village Karangla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karangla village out of total population, 228 were engaged in work activities. 16.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 228 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.