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Salunian Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Salunian is a large village located in Mandi Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 582 families residing. The Salunian village has population of 3159 of which 1637 are males while 1522 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salunian village population of children with age 0-6 is 669 which makes up 21.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salunian village is 930 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Salunian as per census is 879, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Salunian village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Salunian village was 60.48 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Salunian Male literacy stands at 73.69 % while female literacy rate was 46.48 %.

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

Salunian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 582 - -
Population 3,159 1,637 1,522
Child (0-6) 669 356 313
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,021 1,052 969
Literacy 60.48 % 73.69 % 46.48 %
Total Workers 774 736 38
Main Worker 454 - -
Marginal Worker 320 316 4

Caste Factor

In Salunian village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.98 % of total population in Salunian village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salunian village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Salunian village out of total population, 774 were engaged in work activities. 58.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 774 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.