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Barayan Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Barayan is a medium size village located in Marwah Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 157 families residing. The Barayan village has population of 761 of which 392 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 21.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barayan village is 941 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Barayan as per census is 920, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Barayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Barayan village was 59.26 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Barayan Male literacy stands at 71.15 % while female literacy rate was 46.71 %.

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

Barayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 761 392 369
Child (0-6) 167 87 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.26 % 71.15 % 46.71 %
Total Workers 338 174 164
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 174 15 159

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Barayan village out of total population, 338 were engaged in work activities. 48.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 338 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.