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Zerakan Population - Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir

Zerakan is a medium size village located in Shopian Tehsil of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 306 families residing. The Zerakan village has population of 1528 of which 798 are males while 730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Zerakan village population of children with age 0-6 is 335 which makes up 21.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Zerakan village is 915 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Zerakan as per census is 936, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Zerakan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Zerakan village was 35.46 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Zerakan Male literacy stands at 45.28 % while female literacy rate was 24.65 %.

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

Zerakan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,528 798 730
Child (0-6) 335 173 162
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 728 365 363
Literacy 35.46 % 45.28 % 24.65 %
Total Workers 333 320 13
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 7 6 1

Caste Factor

In Zerakan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.64 % of total population in Zerakan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Zerakan village of Shupiyan.

Work Profile

In Zerakan village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 97.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 309 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.