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Palehal Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Palehal is a medium size village located in Billawar Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 310 families residing. The Palehal village has population of 1483 of which 801 are males while 682 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palehal village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 12.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palehal village is 851 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Palehal as per census is 866, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Palehal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Palehal village was 74.96 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Palehal Male literacy stands at 85.23 % while female literacy rate was 62.88 %.

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

Palehal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,483 801 682
Child (0-6) 181 97 84
Schedule Caste 276 151 125
Schedule Tribe 37 18 19
Literacy 74.96 % 85.23 % 62.88 %
Total Workers 386 351 35
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 78 61 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.49 % of total population in Palehal village.

Work Profile

In Palehal village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 79.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.