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Oojru Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Oojru is a large village located in Dooru Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 150 families residing. The Oojru village has population of 2467 of which 1873 are males while 594 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Oojru village population of children with age 0-6 is 264 which makes up 10.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Oojru village is 317 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Oojru as per census is 846, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Oojru village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Oojru village was 88.79 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Oojru Male literacy stands at 94.34 % while female literacy rate was 68.50 %.

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

Oojru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 2,467 1,873 594
Child (0-6) 264 143 121
Schedule Caste 1,088 1,084 4
Schedule Tribe 41 41 0
Literacy 88.79 % 94.34 % 68.50 %
Total Workers 1,654 1,527 127
Main Worker 1,459 - -
Marginal Worker 195 100 95

Caste Factor

In Oojru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.66 % of total population in Oojru village.

Work Profile

In Oojru village out of total population, 1654 were engaged in work activities. 88.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1654 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.