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Ashar Population - Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Ashar is a medium size village located in Banihal Tehsil of Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 329 families residing. The Ashar village has population of 1550 of which 753 are males while 797 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ashar village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 17.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ashar village is 1058 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ashar as per census is 985, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ashar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ashar village was 68.67 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ashar Male literacy stands at 82.01 % while female literacy rate was 56.26 %.

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

Ashar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,550 753 797
Child (0-6) 270 136 134
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.67 % 82.01 % 56.26 %
Total Workers 420 392 28
Main Worker 394 - -
Marginal Worker 26 18 8

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Ashar village out of total population, 420 were engaged in work activities. 93.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 420 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.