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Nowgam Kandi Population - Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir

Nowgam Kandi is a medium size village located in Kreeri Tehsil of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 160 families residing. The Nowgam Kandi village has population of 1083 of which 572 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowgam Kandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 20.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowgam Kandi village is 893 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowgam Kandi as per census is 912, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nowgam Kandi village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowgam Kandi village was 67.51 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nowgam Kandi Male literacy stands at 77.07 % while female literacy rate was 56.76 %.

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

Nowgam Kandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 1,083 572 511
Child (0-6) 218 114 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 420 218 202
Literacy 67.51 % 77.07 % 56.76 %
Total Workers 262 244 18
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 137 123 14

Caste Factor

In Nowgam Kandi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.78 % of total population in Nowgam Kandi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nowgam Kandi village of Baramula.

Work Profile

In Nowgam Kandi village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 47.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.