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Malar Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Malar is a medium size village located in Billawar Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 210 families residing. The Malar village has population of 1280 of which 674 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malar village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malar village is 899 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Malar as per census is 929, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Malar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Malar village was 61.96 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Malar Male literacy stands at 75.40 % while female literacy rate was 46.91 %.

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

Malar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,280 674 606
Child (0-6) 218 113 105
Schedule Caste 55 31 24
Schedule Tribe 166 91 75
Literacy 61.96 % 75.40 % 46.91 %
Total Workers 616 348 268
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 542 285 257

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.97 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.30 % of total population in Malar village.

Work Profile

In Malar village out of total population, 616 were engaged in work activities. 12.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 616 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.