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Sunthan Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Sunthan is a medium size village located in Udhampur Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 256 families residing. The Sunthan village has population of 1405 of which 734 are males while 671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sunthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sunthan village is 914 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sunthan as per census is 832, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sunthan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sunthan village was 75.30 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sunthan Male literacy stands at 82.63 % while female literacy rate was 67.40 %.

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

Sunthan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,405 734 671
Child (0-6) 174 95 79
Schedule Caste 773 407 366
Schedule Tribe 77 43 34
Literacy 75.30 % 82.63 % 67.40 %
Total Workers 421 387 34
Main Worker 306 - -
Marginal Worker 115 105 10

Caste Factor

In Sunthan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.48 % of total population in Sunthan village.

Work Profile

In Sunthan village out of total population, 421 were engaged in work activities. 72.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 421 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.