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Kenchan Population - Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir

Kenchan is a medium size village located in Boniyar Tehsil of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 114 families residing. The Kenchan village has population of 636 of which 319 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kenchan village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 27.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kenchan village is 994 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kenchan as per census is 832, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kenchan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kenchan village was 43.07 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kenchan Male literacy stands at 52.23 % while female literacy rate was 34.45 %.

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

Kenchan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 636 319 317
Child (0-6) 174 95 79
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 10 2 8
Literacy 43.07 % 52.23 % 34.45 %
Total Workers 131 123 8
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 107 104 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.57 % of total population in Kenchan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kenchan village of Baramula.

Work Profile

In Kenchan village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 18.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.