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Samote Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Samote is a medium size village located in Surankote Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 138 families residing. The Samote village has population of 740 of which 374 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samote village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 21.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samote village is 979 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Samote as per census is 750, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Samote village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Samote village was 73.23 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Samote Male literacy stands at 86.88 % while female literacy rate was 60.27 %.

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

Samote Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 740 374 366
Child (0-6) 161 92 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 664 332 332
Literacy 73.23 % 86.88 % 60.27 %
Total Workers 232 171 61
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 91 36 55

Caste Factor

In Samote village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.73 % of total population in Samote village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Samote village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Samote village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 60.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.