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Sahaar Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Sahaar is a medium size village located in Kathua Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 237 families residing. The Sahaar village has population of 1175 of which 614 are males while 561 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahaar village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 13.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahaar village is 914 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahaar as per census is 773, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sahaar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahaar village was 83.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sahaar Male literacy stands at 88.21 % while female literacy rate was 77.48 %.

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

Sahaar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,175 614 561
Child (0-6) 156 88 68
Schedule Caste 338 175 163
Schedule Tribe 27 13 14
Literacy 83.02 % 88.21 % 77.48 %
Total Workers 319 298 21
Main Worker 298 - -
Marginal Worker 21 20 1

Caste Factor

Sahaar village of Kathua has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.77 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.30 % of total population in Sahaar village.

Work Profile

In Sahaar village out of total population, 319 were engaged in work activities. 93.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 319 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.