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Ponthal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Ponthal is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 60 families residing. The Ponthal village has population of 291 of which 144 are males while 147 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponthal village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 16.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponthal village is 1021 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponthal as per census is 958, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ponthal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponthal village was 67.62 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ponthal Male literacy stands at 76.67 % while female literacy rate was 58.87 %.

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

Ponthal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 291 144 147
Child (0-6) 47 24 23
Schedule Caste 8 2 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.62 % 76.67 % 58.87 %
Total Workers 152 80 72
Main Worker 143 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.75 % of total population in Ponthal village. The village Ponthal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponthal village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 94.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.