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Ghorakhwalan Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Ghorakhwalan is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 315 families residing. The Ghorakhwalan village has population of 1376 of which 694 are males while 682 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghorakhwalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghorakhwalan village is 983 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghorakhwalan as per census is 693, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ghorakhwalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghorakhwalan village was 77.84 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ghorakhwalan Male literacy stands at 84.15 % while female literacy rate was 71.73 %.

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

Ghorakhwalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,376 694 682
Child (0-6) 171 101 70
Schedule Caste 906 465 441
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.84 % 84.15 % 71.73 %
Total Workers 281 263 18
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 16 15 1

Caste Factor

In Ghorakhwalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.84 % of total population in Ghorakhwalan village. The village Ghorakhwalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghorakhwalan village out of total population, 281 were engaged in work activities. 94.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.