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Samot Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Samot is a medium size village located in Sihunta Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 184 families residing. The Samot village has population of 817 of which 411 are males while 406 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samot village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samot village is 988 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Samot as per census is 881, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Samot village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Samot village was 86.72 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Samot Male literacy stands at 89.97 % while female literacy rate was 83.47 %.

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

Samot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 817 411 406
Child (0-6) 79 42 37
Schedule Caste 30 14 16
Schedule Tribe 66 35 31
Literacy 86.72 % 89.97 % 83.47 %
Total Workers 497 251 246
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 375 145 230

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.67 % of total population in Samot village.

Work Profile

In Samot village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 24.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.