Ghurla Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Ghurla is a medium size village located in Chaupal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 62 families residing. The Ghurla village has population of 309 of which 157 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurla village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 13.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurla village is 968 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurla as per census is 615, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Ghurla village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurla village was 83.52 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Ghurla Male literacy stands at 89.31 % while female literacy rate was 77.94 %.

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

Ghurla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	309	157	152
Child (0-6)	42	26	16
Schedule Caste	140	71	69
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.52 %	89.31 %	77.94 %
Total Workers	251	128	123
Main Worker	95	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	42	114

Caste Factor

In Ghurla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.31 % of total population in Ghurla village. The village Ghurla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurla village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 37.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.