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Garan Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Garan is a medium size village located in Nurpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 261 families residing. The Garan village has population of 1185 of which 609 are males while 576 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garan village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 9.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garan village is 946 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Garan as per census is 708, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Garan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Garan village was 87.90 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Garan Male literacy stands at 91.73 % while female literacy rate was 83.96 %.

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

Garan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,185 609 576
Child (0-6) 111 65 46
Schedule Caste 144 71 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.90 % 91.73 % 83.96 %
Total Workers 408 323 85
Main Worker 195 - -
Marginal Worker 213 148 65

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.15 % of total population in Garan village. The village Garan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garan village out of total population, 408 were engaged in work activities. 47.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 408 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.