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Kangan Population - Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir

Kangan is a large village located in Pulwama Tehsil of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 309 families residing. The Kangan village has population of 2040 of which 1100 are males while 940 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kangan village population of children with age 0-6 is 512 which makes up 25.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kangan village is 855 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kangan as per census is 625, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kangan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kangan village was 50.13 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kangan Male literacy stands at 64.08 % while female literacy rate was 35.40 %.

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

Kangan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 2,040 1,100 940
Child (0-6) 512 315 197
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.13 % 64.08 % 35.40 %
Total Workers 667 460 207
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 244 54 190

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kangan village of Pulwama district.

Work Profile

In Kangan village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 63.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 251 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.