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Balchaman Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Balchaman is a medium size village located in Sunderbani Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 409 families residing. The Balchaman village has population of 1757 of which 928 are males while 829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balchaman village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 15.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balchaman village is 893 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Balchaman as per census is 830, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Balchaman village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Balchaman village was 73.46 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Balchaman Male literacy stands at 80.65 % while female literacy rate was 65.53 %.

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

Balchaman Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 409 - -
Population 1,757 928 829
Child (0-6) 280 153 127
Schedule Caste 200 90 110
Schedule Tribe 82 50 32
Literacy 73.46 % 80.65 % 65.53 %
Total Workers 522 333 189
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 419 253 166

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.67 % of total population in Balchaman village.

Work Profile

In Balchaman village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 19.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.