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Palangar Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Palangar is a large village located in Thanamandi Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 446 families residing. The Palangar village has population of 2240 of which 1146 are males while 1094 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palangar village population of children with age 0-6 is 405 which makes up 18.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palangar village is 955 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Palangar as per census is 776, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Palangar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Palangar village was 76.40 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Palangar Male literacy stands at 85.62 % while female literacy rate was 67.18 %.

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

Palangar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 446 - -
Population 2,240 1,146 1,094
Child (0-6) 405 228 177
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,550 791 759
Literacy 76.40 % 85.62 % 67.18 %
Total Workers 525 465 60
Main Worker 251 - -
Marginal Worker 274 237 37

Caste Factor

In Palangar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.20 % of total population in Palangar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palangar village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Palangar village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 47.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.