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Gandala Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Gandala is a medium size village located in Udhampur Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 264 families residing. The Gandala village has population of 1339 of which 690 are males while 649 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandala village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 19.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandala village is 941 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandala as per census is 890, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gandala village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandala village was 58.50 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gandala Male literacy stands at 71.48 % while female literacy rate was 44.89 %.

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

Gandala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 264 - -
Population 1,339 690 649
Child (0-6) 257 136 121
Schedule Caste 1,085 554 531
Schedule Tribe 157 85 72
Literacy 58.50 % 71.48 % 44.89 %
Total Workers 535 355 180
Main Worker 376 - -
Marginal Worker 159 14 145

Caste Factor

In Gandala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.73 % of total population in Gandala village.

Work Profile

In Gandala village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 70.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.