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Dachan Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Dachan is a medium size village located in Beerwah Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 157 families residing. The Dachan village has population of 1351 of which 704 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dachan village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 19.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dachan village is 919 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dachan as per census is 1056, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dachan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dachan village was 47.16 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dachan Male literacy stands at 56.75 % while female literacy rate was 36.38 %.

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

Dachan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 1,351 704 647
Child (0-6) 259 126 133
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.16 % 56.75 % 36.38 %
Total Workers 595 305 290
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 172 65 107

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dachan village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 71.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.