Shamthla Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shamthla is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 60 families residing. The Shamthla village has population of 258 of which 127 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamthla village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 5.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamthla village is 1031 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamthla as per census is 2000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Shamthla village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamthla village was 87.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Shamthla Male literacy stands at 94.26 % while female literacy rate was 80.17 %.

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

Shamthla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	60	-	-
Population	258	127	131
Child (0-6)	15	5	10
Schedule Caste	118	56	62
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.24 %	94.26 %	80.17 %
Total Workers	104	96	8
Main Worker	30	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	72	2

Caste Factor

In Shamthla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.74 % of total population in Shamthla village. The village Shamthla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamthla village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 28.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.