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Asthal Population - Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Asthal is a medium size village located in Kulgam Tehsil of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 195 families residing. The Asthal village has population of 1189 of which 593 are males while 596 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asthal village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 18.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asthal village is 1005 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Asthal as per census is 1000, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Asthal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Asthal village was 66.98 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Asthal Male literacy stands at 81.99 % while female literacy rate was 52.06 %.

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

Asthal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 1,189 593 596
Child (0-6) 220 110 110
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 66 27 39
Literacy 66.98 % 81.99 % 52.06 %
Total Workers 460 281 179
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 204 35 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.55 % of total population in Asthal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Asthal village of Kulgam.

Work Profile

In Asthal village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 55.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.