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Ghagour Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Ghagour is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 379 families residing. The Ghagour village has population of 1762 of which 902 are males while 860 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagour village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 11.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagour village is 953 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagour as per census is 763, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ghagour village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagour village was 88.15 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ghagour Male literacy stands at 92.64 % while female literacy rate was 83.57 %.

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

Ghagour Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,762 902 860
Child (0-6) 201 114 87
Schedule Caste 870 441 429
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.15 % 92.64 % 83.57 %
Total Workers 389 366 23
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 51 47 4

Caste Factor

In Ghagour village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.38 % of total population in Ghagour village. The village Ghagour currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghagour village out of total population, 389 were engaged in work activities. 86.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 389 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.