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Deawan Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Deawan is a large village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 362 families residing. The Deawan village has population of 2059 of which 1082 are males while 977 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Deawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 15.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Deawan village is 903 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Deawan as per census is 772, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Deawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Deawan village was 69.54 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Deawan Male literacy stands at 78.94 % while female literacy rate was 59.43 %.

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

Deawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 362 - -
Population 2,059 1,082 977
Child (0-6) 319 180 139
Schedule Caste 779 404 375
Schedule Tribe 496 254 242
Literacy 69.54 % 78.94 % 59.43 %
Total Workers 571 512 59
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 308 265 43

Caste Factor

In Deawan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.09 % of total population in Deawan village.

Work Profile

In Deawan village out of total population, 571 were engaged in work activities. 46.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 571 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.