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Kharah Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Kharah is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 359 families residing. The Kharah village has population of 1497 of which 779 are males while 718 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharah village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 16.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharah village is 922 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharah as per census is 745, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kharah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharah village was 68.65 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kharah Male literacy stands at 78.23 % while female literacy rate was 58.69 %.

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

Kharah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 359 - -
Population 1,497 779 718
Child (0-6) 253 145 108
Schedule Caste 330 173 157
Schedule Tribe 54 25 29
Literacy 68.65 % 78.23 % 58.69 %
Total Workers 415 401 14
Main Worker 255 - -
Marginal Worker 160 160 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.61 % of total population in Kharah village.

Work Profile

In Kharah village out of total population, 415 were engaged in work activities. 61.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 415 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.