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Malhan Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Malhan is a medium size village located in Surankote Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 245 families residing. The Malhan village has population of 1308 of which 637 are males while 671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 20.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malhan village is 1053 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Malhan as per census is 992, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Malhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Malhan village was 42.39 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Malhan Male literacy stands at 54.46 % while female literacy rate was 31.11 %.

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

Malhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,308 637 671
Child (0-6) 263 132 131
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 895 449 446
Literacy 42.39 % 54.46 % 31.11 %
Total Workers 427 277 150
Main Worker 364 - -
Marginal Worker 63 55 8

Caste Factor

In Malhan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.43 % of total population in Malhan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Malhan village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Malhan village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 85.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.