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Gosian Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gosian is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 255 families residing. The Gosian village has population of 1332 of which 681 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gosian village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 13.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gosian village is 956 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gosian as per census is 646, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gosian village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gosian village was 78.88 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gosian Male literacy stands at 89.61 % while female literacy rate was 68.34 %.

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

Gosian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,332 681 651
Child (0-6) 186 113 73
Schedule Caste 174 85 89
Schedule Tribe 35 22 13
Literacy 78.88 % 89.61 % 68.34 %
Total Workers 439 341 98
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 194 137 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.63 % of total population in Gosian village.

Work Profile

In Gosian village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 55.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.