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Maira Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Maira is a large village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 456 families residing. The Maira village has population of 2053 of which 1035 are males while 1018 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maira village population of children with age 0-6 is 239 which makes up 11.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maira village is 984 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Maira as per census is 745, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Maira village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Maira village was 79.71 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Maira Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 72.82 %.

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

Maira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 456 - -
Population 2,053 1,035 1,018
Child (0-6) 239 137 102
Schedule Caste 659 327 332
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.71 % 86.75 % 72.82 %
Total Workers 561 442 119
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 327 236 91

Caste Factor

Maira village of Jammu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.10 % of total population in Maira village. The village Maira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maira village out of total population, 561 were engaged in work activities. 41.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 561 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.