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Forest Block Population - Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a large village located in Kreeri Tehsil of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 407 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 2974 of which 1614 are males while 1360 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 406 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 843 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 829, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Forest Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Block village was 43.73 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 53.09 % while female literacy rate was 32.65 %.

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

Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 407 - -
Population 2,974 1,614 1,360
Child (0-6) 406 222 184
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,451 796 655
Literacy 43.73 % 53.09 % 32.65 %
Total Workers 852 781 71
Main Worker 578 - -
Marginal Worker 274 221 53

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.79 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Baramula.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 852 were engaged in work activities. 67.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 852 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.