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Saharan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Saharan is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 270 families residing. The Saharan village has population of 1117 of which 599 are males while 518 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saharan village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 14.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saharan village is 865 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Saharan as per census is 606, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Saharan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Saharan village was 78.91 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Saharan Male literacy stands at 85.60 % while female literacy rate was 71.62 %.

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

Saharan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,117 599 518
Child (0-6) 159 99 60
Schedule Caste 532 295 237
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.91 % 85.60 % 71.62 %
Total Workers 330 306 24
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

In Saharan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.63 % of total population in Saharan village. The village Saharan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saharan village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 98.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 195 were Agricultural labourer.