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Puje Population - Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh

Puje is a medium size village located in Nichar Tehsil of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 147 families residing. The Puje village has population of 608 of which 300 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puje village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 7.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puje village is 1027 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Puje as per census is 1045, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Puje village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puje village was 77.62 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Puje Male literacy stands at 83.45 % while female literacy rate was 71.93 %.

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

Puje Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 147 - -
Population 608 300 308
Child (0-6) 45 22 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 601 299 302
Literacy 77.62 % 83.45 % 71.93 %
Total Workers 505 248 257
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 143 70 73

Caste Factor

In Puje village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.85 % of total population in Puje village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puje village of Kinnaur.

Work Profile

In Puje village out of total population, 505 were engaged in work activities. 71.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 505 workers engaged in Main Work, 339 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.