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Saknara Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Saknara is a medium size village located in Jawali Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 348 families residing. The Saknara village has population of 1552 of which 797 are males while 755 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saknara village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saknara village is 947 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Saknara as per census is 964, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Saknara village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Saknara village was 89.83 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Saknara Male literacy stands at 93.27 % while female literacy rate was 86.20 %.

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

Saknara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,552 797 755
Child (0-6) 165 84 81
Schedule Caste 151 78 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.83 % 93.27 % 86.20 %
Total Workers 407 363 44
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 231 207 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.73 % of total population in Saknara village. The village Saknara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saknara village out of total population, 407 were engaged in work activities. 43.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 407 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.