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Forest Block Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a medium size village located in Haveli Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 77 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 437 of which 219 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 18.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 995 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 1278, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Forest Block village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Block village was 75.77 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 84.70 % while female literacy rate was 66.28 %.

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

Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 437 219 218
Child (0-6) 82 36 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 406 202 204
Literacy 75.77 % 84.70 % 66.28 %
Total Workers 232 122 110
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 40 21 19

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.91 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 82.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.