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Najwal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Najwal is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 111 families residing. The Najwal village has population of 552 of which 289 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Najwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 16.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Najwal village is 910 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Najwal as per census is 915, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Najwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Najwal village was 69.91 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Najwal Male literacy stands at 76.03 % while female literacy rate was 63.18 %.

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

Najwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 552 289 263
Child (0-6) 90 47 43
Schedule Caste 196 96 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.91 % 76.03 % 63.18 %
Total Workers 168 158 10
Main Worker 166 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Najwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.51 % of total population in Najwal village. The village Najwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Najwal village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 98.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.