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Mala Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Mala is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 324 families residing. The Mala village has population of 1568 of which 803 are males while 765 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mala village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mala village is 953 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Mala as per census is 853, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Mala village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Mala village was 70.73 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Mala Male literacy stands at 78.75 % while female literacy rate was 62.46 %.

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

Mala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 324 - -
Population 1,568 803 765
Child (0-6) 215 116 99
Schedule Caste 561 287 274
Schedule Tribe 105 54 51
Literacy 70.73 % 78.75 % 62.46 %
Total Workers 437 396 41
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 265 251 14

Caste Factor

In Mala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.70 % of total population in Mala village.

Work Profile

In Mala village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 39.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.