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Malkauta Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Malkauta is a medium size village located in Brahmaur Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 218 families residing. The Malkauta village has population of 1028 of which 544 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malkauta village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malkauta village is 890 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Malkauta as per census is 792, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Malkauta village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Malkauta village was 78.42 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Malkauta Male literacy stands at 86.44 % while female literacy rate was 69.56 %.

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

Malkauta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 218 - -
Population 1,028 544 484
Child (0-6) 129 72 57
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 996 520 476
Literacy 78.42 % 86.44 % 69.56 %
Total Workers 745 388 357
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 387 123 264

Caste Factor

In Malkauta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.39 % of total population in Malkauta village.

Work Profile

In Malkauta village out of total population, 745 were engaged in work activities. 48.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 745 workers engaged in Main Work, 258 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.