Chamba is one of 12 districts located in northern Indian state Himachal Pradesh. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Chamba district, and there are total 1590 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Chamba district is 23 and number of houses in this district is 94596.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 482972. Out of total 482972, male population count is 241963, where as female population count is 241009 in Chamba.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 67015 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 67015 children 34286 are boys and 32729 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Chamba district is 60%. 293683 out of total 482972 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 69% and 169271 males are literate out of total 241963 male population, where as female literacy rate is 48% and 124412 out of total 241009 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Chamba district is 39%. 189289 out of total 482972 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 30% and 72692 males are illiterate out of total 241963 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 48% and 116597 out of total 241009 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Chamba district is 280855 and non-working population is 202117 and out of 280855 working population 51915 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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