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Dhenda Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhenda is a medium size village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 296 families residing. The Dhenda village has population of 1267 of which 652 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhenda village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 6.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhenda village is 943 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhenda as per census is 955, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhenda village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhenda village was 97.71 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhenda Male literacy stands at 98.36 % while female literacy rate was 97.03 %.

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

Dhenda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,267 652 615
Child (0-6) 86 44 42
Schedule Caste 119 56 63
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 97.71 % 98.36 % 97.03 %
Total Workers 368 312 56
Main Worker 366 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.39 % of total population in Dhenda village. The village Dhenda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhenda village out of total population, 368 were engaged in work activities. 99.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 368 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.