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Hir Gawas Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Hir Gawas is a medium size village located in Dooru Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 187 families residing. The Hir Gawas village has population of 1535 of which 817 are males while 718 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hir Gawas village population of children with age 0-6 is 512 which makes up 33.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hir Gawas village is 879 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Hir Gawas as per census is 796, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Hir Gawas village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Hir Gawas village was 25.32 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Hir Gawas Male literacy stands at 30.08 % while female literacy rate was 20.16 %.

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

Hir Gawas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 1,535 817 718
Child (0-6) 512 285 227
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 772 438 334
Literacy 25.32 % 30.08 % 20.16 %
Total Workers 578 318 260
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 380 129 251

Caste Factor

In Hir Gawas village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.29 % of total population in Hir Gawas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hir Gawas village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Hir Gawas village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 34.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.