Gewas Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Gewas is a medium size village located in Chirgaon Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 121 families residing. The Gewas village has population of 613 of which 321 are males while 292 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gewas village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gewas village is 910 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gewas as per census is 623, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gewas village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gewas village was 65.84 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gewas Male literacy stands at 71.27 % while female literacy rate was 60.23 %.

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

Gewas Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	121	-	-
Population	613	321	292
Child (0-6)	86	53	33
Schedule Caste	293	149	144
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.84 %	71.27 %	60.23 %
Total Workers	436	215	221
Main Worker	282	-	-
Marginal Worker	154	36	118

Caste Factor

In Gewas village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.80 % of total population in Gewas village. The village Gewas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gewas village out of total population, 436 were engaged in work activities. 64.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 436 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.