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Meheli Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Meheli is a medium size village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 361 families residing. The Meheli village has population of 1523 of which 787 are males while 736 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meheli village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meheli village is 935 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Meheli as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Meheli village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meheli village was 96.04 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Meheli Male literacy stands at 98.45 % while female literacy rate was 93.46 %.

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

Meheli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,523 787 736
Child (0-6) 158 79 79
Schedule Caste 117 59 58
Schedule Tribe 38 21 17
Literacy 96.04 % 98.45 % 93.46 %
Total Workers 524 406 118
Main Worker 516 - -
Marginal Worker 8 6 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.68 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.50 % of total population in Meheli village.

Work Profile

In Meheli village out of total population, 524 were engaged in work activities. 98.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 524 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.