Shelag Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shelag is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 123 families residing. The Shelag village has population of 520 of which 272 are males while 248 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shelag village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shelag village is 912 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shelag as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shelag village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shelag village was 81.76 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shelag Male literacy stands at 88.84 % while female literacy rate was 74.11 %.

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

Shelag Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	520	272	248
Child (0-6)	54	30	24
Schedule Caste	416	214	202
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.76 %	88.84 %	74.11 %
Total Workers	354	178	176
Main Worker	307	-	-
Marginal Worker	47	17	30

Caste Factor

In Shelag village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.00 % of total population in Shelag village. The village Shelag currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shelag village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 86.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 259 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.