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Gam Population - Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Gam is a medium size village located in Ramban Tehsil of Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 197 families residing. The Gam village has population of 1029 of which 528 are males while 501 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gam village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 16.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gam village is 949 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gam as per census is 839, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gam village was 67.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gam Male literacy stands at 82.99 % while female literacy rate was 50.59 %.

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

Gam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 1,029 528 501
Child (0-6) 171 93 78
Schedule Caste 48 23 25
Schedule Tribe 26 14 12
Literacy 67.02 % 82.99 % 50.59 %
Total Workers 515 250 265
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 476 215 261

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.66 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.53 % of total population in Gam village.

Work Profile

In Gam village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 7.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.