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Gandial Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Gandial is a medium size village located in Kathua Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 239 families residing. The Gandial village has population of 1231 of which 643 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandial village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 14.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandial village is 914 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandial as per census is 947, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gandial village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandial village was 70.90 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gandial Male literacy stands at 79.05 % while female literacy rate was 61.92 %.

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

Gandial Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,231 643 588
Child (0-6) 183 94 89
Schedule Caste 347 183 164
Schedule Tribe 298 157 141
Literacy 70.90 % 79.05 % 61.92 %
Total Workers 414 357 57
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 158 108 50

Caste Factor

Gandial village of Kathua has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.21 % of total population in Gandial village.

Work Profile

In Gandial village out of total population, 414 were engaged in work activities. 61.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 414 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.