Khander Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Khander is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 54 families residing. The Khander village has population of 339 of which 173 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khander village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khander village is 960 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Khander as per census is 697, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Khander village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Khander village was 51.94 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Khander Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 42.66 %.

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

Khander Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	54	-	-
Population	339	173	166
Child (0-6)	56	33	23
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	145	71	74
Literacy	51.94 %	61.43 %	42.66 %
Total Workers	179	89	90
Main Worker	22	-	-
Marginal Worker	157	70	87

Caste Factor

In Khander village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.77 % of total population in Khander village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khander village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Khander village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 12.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.