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Dafawag Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dafawag is a small village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 22 families residing. The Dafawag village has population of 132 of which 65 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dafawag village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 15.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dafawag village is 1031 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dafawag as per census is 818, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dafawag village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dafawag village was 87.50 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dafawag Male literacy stands at 90.74 % while female literacy rate was 84.48 %.

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

Dafawag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 132 65 67
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 50 26 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.50 % 90.74 % 84.48 %
Total Workers 45 36 9
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Dafawag village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.88 % of total population in Dafawag village. The village Dafawag currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dafawag village out of total population, 45 were engaged in work activities. 86.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 45 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.