Gownd Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Gownd is a medium size village located in Kathua Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 149 families residing. The Gownd village has population of 771 of which 418 are males while 353 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gownd village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 10.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gownd village is 844 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gownd as per census is 907, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gownd village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gownd village was 74.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gownd Male literacy stands at 81.60 % while female literacy rate was 64.97 %.

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

Gownd Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	771	418	353
Child (0-6)	82	43	39
Schedule Caste	619	333	286
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.02 %	81.60 %	64.97 %
Total Workers	219	189	30
Main Worker	32	-	-
Marginal Worker	187	162	25

Caste Factor

In Gownd village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.29 % of total population in Gownd village. The village Gownd currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gownd village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 14.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.