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Maha Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Maha is a medium size village located in Kathua Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 367 families residing. The Maha village has population of 1775 of which 930 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maha village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maha village is 909 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Maha as per census is 779, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Maha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Maha village was 68.16 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Maha Male literacy stands at 73.76 % while female literacy rate was 62.16 %.

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

Maha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,775 930 845
Child (0-6) 258 145 113
Schedule Caste 992 509 483
Schedule Tribe 116 63 53
Literacy 68.16 % 73.76 % 62.16 %
Total Workers 472 445 27
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 139 135 4

Caste Factor

In Maha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.54 % of total population in Maha village.

Work Profile

In Maha village out of total population, 472 were engaged in work activities. 70.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 472 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.