Jhandua Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Jhandua is a medium size village located in Nerua Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 71 families residing. The Jhandua village has population of 401 of which 199 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhandua village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 16.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhandua village is 1015 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhandua as per census is 1031, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jhandua village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhandua village was 61.01 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jhandua Male literacy stands at 72.46 % while female literacy rate was 49.70 %.

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

Jhandua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	401	199	202
Child (0-6)	65	32	33
Schedule Caste	169	90	79
Schedule Tribe	67	31	36
Literacy	61.01 %	72.46 %	49.70 %
Total Workers	233	112	121
Main Worker	92	-	-
Marginal Worker	141	25	116

Caste Factor

In Jhandua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.71 % of total population in Jhandua village.

Work Profile

In Jhandua village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 39.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.