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Kither Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Kither is a medium size village located in Kishtwar Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 153 families residing. The Kither village has population of 861 of which 451 are males while 410 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kither village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 18.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kither village is 909 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kither as per census is 987, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kither village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kither village was 39.24 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kither Male literacy stands at 55.23 % while female literacy rate was 21.32 %.

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

Kither Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 861 451 410
Child (0-6) 155 78 77
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 549 289 260
Literacy 39.24 % 55.23 % 21.32 %
Total Workers 453 229 224
Main Worker 451 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Kither village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.76 % of total population in Kither village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kither village of Kishtwar.

Work Profile

In Kither village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 99.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 436 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.