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Gehr Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Gehr is a medium size village located in Hiranagar Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 119 families residing. The Gehr village has population of 674 of which 350 are males while 324 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehr village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 17.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehr village is 926 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehr as per census is 952, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gehr village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehr village was 79.57 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gehr Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 70.94 %.

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

Gehr Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 119 - -
Population 674 350 324
Child (0-6) 121 62 59
Schedule Caste 250 136 114
Schedule Tribe 16 6 10
Literacy 79.57 % 87.50 % 70.94 %
Total Workers 159 152 7
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 29 28 1

Caste Factor

In Gehr village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.37 % of total population in Gehr village.

Work Profile

In Gehr village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 81.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.