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Jig Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Jig is a medium size village located in Chenani Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 102 families residing. The Jig village has population of 559 of which 295 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jig village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 21.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jig village is 895 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Jig as per census is 725, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Jig village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Jig village was 51.14 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Jig Male literacy stands at 64.60 % while female literacy rate was 36.92 %.

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

Jig Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 559 295 264
Child (0-6) 119 69 50
Schedule Caste 230 122 108
Schedule Tribe 231 116 115
Literacy 51.14 % 64.60 % 36.92 %
Total Workers 296 150 146
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 172 29 143

Caste Factor

In Jig village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 41.14 % of total population in Jig village.

Work Profile

In Jig village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 41.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.