Spiti Tehsil Population, Caste, Religion Data - Lahul & Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh

Spiti Tehsil of Lahul & Spiti district has a total population of 12,457 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 6,691 are males while 5,766 are females. In 2011 there were a total 2,583 families residing in Spiti Tehsil. The Average Sex Ratio of Spiti Tehsil is 862.

As per Census 2011, all of the population of Spiti Tehsil lives in urban areas. The average literacy rate in urban area is 79.8% and the sex ratio of Spiti Tehsil is 862.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Spiti Tehsil is 1516 which is 12% of the total population. There are 760 male children and 756 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Spiti Tehsil is 995 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 862 ) of Spiti Tehsil.

The total literacy rate of Spiti Tehsil is 79.76%. The male literacy rate is 77.45% and the female literacy rate is 61.46% in Spiti Tehsil.

Population
12,457
Literacy
79.76%
Sex Ratio
862

To facilitate the administration, Spiti Tehsil is further divided into 231 villages.

Spiti Tehsil Data

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Spiti Tehsil.

Total Male Female
Children (Age 0-6) 1,516 760 756
Literacy 79.76% 77.45% 61.46%
Scheduled Caste 536 301 235
Scheduled Tribe 10,544 5,247 5,297
Illiterate 3,731 1,509 2,222

Caste-wise Population - Spiti Tehsil

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 84.6% of total population in Spiti Tehsil of Himachal Pradesh.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 536 301 235
Schedule Tribe 10,544 5,247 5,297

Religion-wise Population - Spiti Tehsil

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 1,257 (10.09%) 1,090 167
Muslim 27 (0.22%) 27 0
Christian 167 (1.34%) 124 43
Sikh 17 (0.14%) 17 0
Buddhist 10,978 (88.13%) 5,427 5,551
Jain 2 (0.02%) 1 1
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 9 (0.07%) 5 4

Literacy Rate - Spiti Tehsil

Average literacy rate of Spiti Tehsil in 2011 were 79.76% in which, male and female literacy were 87.37% and 70.74% respectively. Total literate in Spiti Tehsil were 8,726 of which male and female were 5,182 and 3,544 respectively.


Sex Ratio - Spiti Tehsil

The Sex Ratio of Spiti Tehsil is 862 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 862 females in Spiti Tehsil. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 995 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 862 ) of Spiti Tehsil.


Child Population - Spiti Tehsil

According to Census 2011, there were 1,516 children between age 0 to 6 years in Spiti Tehsil. Out of which 760 were male while 756 were female.

Urban/Rural Population - Spiti Tehsil

As per Census 2011, there are a total 0 families under Spiti Tehsil living in urban areas while 0 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 0% of total population of Spiti Tehsil lives in Urban areas while 100% lives in Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban regions is 0 while that in rural regions is 1,516.

Total Urban Rural
Population 12,457 0 12,457
Children (0 - 6 years) 1,516 0 1,516
Schedule Caste 536 0 536
Schedule Tribe 10,544 0 10,544
Literacy 79.76% - 79.76%
Sex Ratio 862 - 862

Working Population - Spiti Tehsil

In Spiti Tehsil out of total population, 7,112 were engaged in work activities. 63.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 7,112 workers engaged in Main Work, 1,284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourers.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,519 2,917 1,602
Cultivators 1,284 587 697
Agriculture Labourer 112 58 54
Household Industries 11 8 3
Other Workers 3,112 2,264 848
Marginal Workers 2,593 1,203 1,390
Non Working 5,345 2,571 2,774

Nearby Tehsils from Spiti Tehsil

Below is the list of Tehsils near Spiti Tehsil in Lahul & Spiti district.

Tehsil Population
Lahul Tehsil population 10,218
Udaipur Tehsil population 8,889

Spiti Tehsil Map


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