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Kalan Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Kalan is a medium size village located in Bhattiyat Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 51 families residing. The Kalan village has population of 263 of which 141 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 14.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalan village is 865 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalan as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalan village was 72.89 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kalan Male literacy stands at 81.15 % while female literacy rate was 63.11 %.

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

Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 263 141 122
Child (0-6) 38 19 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 27 16 11
Literacy 72.89 % 81.15 % 63.11 %
Total Workers 152 83 69
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 69 8 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 10.27 % of total population in Kalan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalan village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Kalan village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 54.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.