Keri Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Keri is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 309 families residing. The Keri village has population of 1572 of which 847 are males while 725 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keri village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 15.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keri village is 856 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Keri as per census is 712, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Keri village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Keri village was 74.13 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Keri Male literacy stands at 82.17 % while female literacy rate was 65.06 %.

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

Keri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	309	-	-
Population	1,572	847	725
Child (0-6)	250	146	104
Schedule Caste	437	233	204
Schedule Tribe	469	260	209
Literacy	74.13 %	82.17 %	65.06 %
Total Workers	869	456	413
Main Worker	533	-	-
Marginal Worker	336	125	211

Caste Factor

In Keri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 29.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.80 % of total population in Keri village.

Work Profile

In Keri village out of total population, 869 were engaged in work activities. 61.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 869 workers engaged in Main Work, 453 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.