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Alwas Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Alwas is a small village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 23 families residing. The Alwas village has population of 133 of which 73 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 19.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alwas village is 822 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Alwas as per census is 625, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Alwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Alwas village was 54.21 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Alwas Male literacy stands at 59.65 % while female literacy rate was 48.00 %.

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

Alwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 133 73 60
Child (0-6) 26 16 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 14 7 7
Literacy 54.21 % 59.65 % 48.00 %
Total Workers 67 38 29
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 8 2 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 10.53 % of total population in Alwas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Alwas village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Alwas village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 88.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.