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Himachal Pradesh districts

Himachal Pradesh

Lahul & Spiti

31,564
people at the 2011 Census · 16,588 male, 14,976 female

Population

Population
31,564India 121.09 Cr
Urban %
0.00%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
76.81%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
85.69%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
66.84%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
18.85 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
903 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1033 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
9.90%India 13.59%
SC %
7.08%India 16.63%
ST %
81.44%India 8.63%
Household
4.73India 4.85

Work

Workers
61.13%India 39.80%
Female Work
56.97%India 25.52%
Main Workers
78.73%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
38.87%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Lahul & Spiti in context

With 31,564 people at the 2011 Census, Lahul & Spiti was the 638th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 12th most populous of Himachal Pradesh's 12. That is 0.5% of everyone living in Himachal Pradesh at the time.

Literacy stood at 76.81%, 3.8 points above the national 72.98% — 6.0 points below the Himachal Pradesh average. That ranked it 220th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 18.9 points, 2.6 points above the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 903 women per 1,000 men (69 below the Himachal Pradesh figure of 972). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1033, 115 above the national 918.

61.1% of the population were recorded as workers, 9.3 points above the Himachal Pradesh rate. Female work participation was 57.0%, 12.1 points above the state figure.

The census recorded no towns in Lahul & Spiti — its population was classified entirely as rural.