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Saniyal Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Saniyal is a medium size village located in Hiranagar Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 128 families residing. The Saniyal village has population of 686 of which 364 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saniyal village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 9.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saniyal village is 885 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Saniyal as per census is 838, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Saniyal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Saniyal village was 85.44 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Saniyal Male literacy stands at 93.27 % while female literacy rate was 76.63 %.

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

Saniyal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 128 - -
Population 686 364 322
Child (0-6) 68 37 31
Schedule Caste 136 71 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.44 % 93.27 % 76.63 %
Total Workers 214 194 20
Main Worker 128 - -
Marginal Worker 86 78 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.83 % of total population in Saniyal village. The village Saniyal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saniyal village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 59.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.