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Maira Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Maira is a medium size village located in Jawali Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 271 families residing. The Maira village has population of 1394 of which 712 are males while 682 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maira village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 11.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maira village is 958 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Maira as per census is 719, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Maira village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maira village was 85.35 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Maira Male literacy stands at 89.77 % while female literacy rate was 80.91 %.

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

Maira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,394 712 682
Child (0-6) 165 96 69
Schedule Caste 116 63 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.35 % 89.77 % 80.91 %
Total Workers 731 407 324
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 432 152 280

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.32 % of total population in Maira village. The village Maira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maira village out of total population, 731 were engaged in work activities. 40.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 731 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.