Matal Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Matal is a medium size village located in Chaupal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Matal village has population of 268 of which 147 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matal village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matal village is 823 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Matal as per census is 875, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Matal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Matal village was 76.89 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Matal Male literacy stands at 90.84 % while female literacy rate was 59.81 %.

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

Matal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	52	-	-
Population	268	147	121
Child (0-6)	30	16	14
Schedule Caste	120	66	54
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.89 %	90.84 %	59.81 %
Total Workers	148	98	50
Main Worker	68	-	-
Marginal Worker	80	38	42

Caste Factor

In Matal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.78 % of total population in Matal village. The village Matal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matal village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 45.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.