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Now Gam Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Now Gam is a medium size village located in Pahalgam Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 55 families residing. The Now Gam village has population of 398 of which 205 are males while 193 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Now Gam village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 17.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Now Gam village is 941 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Now Gam as per census is 842, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Now Gam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Now Gam village was 76.83 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Now Gam Male literacy stands at 91.62 % while female literacy rate was 61.49 %.

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

Now Gam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 398 205 193
Child (0-6) 70 38 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.83 % 91.62 % 61.49 %
Total Workers 211 109 102
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 128 34 94

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Now Gam village of Anantnag district.

Work Profile

In Now Gam village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 39.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.