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Farog Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Farog is a medium size village located in Tikar Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 117 families residing. The Farog village has population of 538 of which 252 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Farog village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 7.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Farog village is 1135 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Farog as per census is 1158, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Farog village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Farog village was 82.70 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Farog Male literacy stands at 93.13 % while female literacy rate was 73.48 %.

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

Farog Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 538 252 286
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 230 105 125
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.70 % 93.13 % 73.48 %
Total Workers 344 172 172
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Farog village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.75 % of total population in Farog village. The village Farog currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Farog village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 99.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.