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Kanda Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Kanda is a medium size village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 75 families residing. The Kanda village has population of 434 of which 211 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanda village is 1057 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanda as per census is 1882, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kanda village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanda village was 86.75 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kanda Male literacy stands at 92.78 % while female literacy rate was 80.63 %.

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

Kanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 434 211 223
Child (0-6) 49 17 32
Schedule Caste 83 41 42
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.75 % 92.78 % 80.63 %
Total Workers 239 130 109
Main Worker 226 - -
Marginal Worker 13 3 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.12 % of total population in Kanda village. The village Kanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanda village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 94.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.