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Kanhal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Kanhal is a medium size village located in Bishnah Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 376 families residing. The Kanhal village has population of 1820 of which 940 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 10.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanhal village is 936 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanhal as per census is 1021, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kanhal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanhal village was 87.52 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kanhal Male literacy stands at 94.91 % while female literacy rate was 79.54 %.

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

Kanhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 376 - -
Population 1,820 940 880
Child (0-6) 194 96 98
Schedule Caste 626 325 301
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.52 % 94.91 % 79.54 %
Total Workers 538 497 41
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 111 106 5

Caste Factor

Kanhal village of Jammu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.40 % of total population in Kanhal village. The village Kanhal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanhal village out of total population, 538 were engaged in work activities. 79.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 538 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.