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Ghantwal Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Ghantwal is a medium size village located in Chenani Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 286 families residing. The Ghantwal village has population of 1606 of which 840 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghantwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 15.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghantwal village is 912 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghantwal as per census is 984, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ghantwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghantwal village was 63.83 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ghantwal Male literacy stands at 75.56 % while female literacy rate was 50.78 %.

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

Ghantwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,606 840 766
Child (0-6) 254 128 126
Schedule Caste 632 312 320
Schedule Tribe 5 1 4
Literacy 63.83 % 75.56 % 50.78 %
Total Workers 880 461 419
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 473 85 388

Caste Factor

In Ghantwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.35 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Ghantwal village.

Work Profile

In Ghantwal village out of total population, 880 were engaged in work activities. 46.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 880 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.