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Kanihama Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Kanihama is a medium size village located in Beerwah Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 246 families residing. The Kanihama village has population of 1672 of which 884 are males while 788 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanihama village population of children with age 0-6 is 360 which makes up 21.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanihama village is 891 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanihama as per census is 846, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kanihama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanihama village was 52.06 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kanihama Male literacy stands at 59.80 % while female literacy rate was 43.50 %.

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

Kanihama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 246 - -
Population 1,672 884 788
Child (0-6) 360 195 165
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.06 % 59.80 % 43.50 %
Total Workers 361 329 32
Main Worker 273 - -
Marginal Worker 88 74 14

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kanihama village of Badgam district.

Work Profile

In Kanihama village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 75.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.