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Gharak Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Gharak is a medium size village located in Kalakote Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 260 families residing. The Gharak village has population of 1181 of which 613 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharak village population of children with age 0-6 is 268 which makes up 22.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharak village is 927 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharak as per census is 1000, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gharak village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharak village was 58.60 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gharak Male literacy stands at 69.73 % while female literacy rate was 46.31 %.

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

Gharak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,181 613 568
Child (0-6) 268 134 134
Schedule Caste 224 113 111
Schedule Tribe 265 151 114
Literacy 58.60 % 69.73 % 46.31 %
Total Workers 476 275 201
Main Worker 457 - -
Marginal Worker 19 8 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 22.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.97 % of total population in Gharak village.

Work Profile

In Gharak village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 96.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 383 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.