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Kotgarh Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kotgarh is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 194 families residing. The Kotgarh village has population of 608 of which 290 are males while 318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotgarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 6.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotgarh village is 1097 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotgarh as per census is 864, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kotgarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotgarh village was 89.77 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kotgarh Male literacy stands at 95.52 % while female literacy rate was 84.62 %.

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

Kotgarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 608 290 318
Child (0-6) 41 22 19
Schedule Caste 204 96 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.77 % 95.52 % 84.62 %
Total Workers 221 186 35
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 14 11 3

Caste Factor

Kotgarh village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.55 % of total population in Kotgarh village. The village Kotgarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotgarh village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 93.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.