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Shiwan Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shiwan is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 242 families residing. The Shiwan village has population of 1039 of which 534 are males while 505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shiwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shiwan village is 946 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shiwan as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shiwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shiwan village was 78.78 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shiwan Male literacy stands at 84.63 % while female literacy rate was 72.55 %.

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

Shiwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,039 534 505
Child (0-6) 92 46 46
Schedule Caste 435 231 204
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.78 % 84.63 % 72.55 %
Total Workers 282 253 29
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 95 90 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Shiwan village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 66.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.