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Kalah Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Kalah is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 186 families residing. The Kalah village has population of 944 of which 479 are males while 465 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalah village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 13.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalah village is 971 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalah as per census is 800, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kalah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalah village was 81.78 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kalah Male literacy stands at 91.69 % while female literacy rate was 71.88 %.

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

Kalah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 186 - -
Population 944 479 465
Child (0-6) 126 70 56
Schedule Caste 348 178 170
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.78 % 91.69 % 71.88 %
Total Workers 192 188 4
Main Worker 142 - -
Marginal Worker 50 50 0

Caste Factor

In Kalah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.86 % of total population in Kalah village. The village Kalah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalah village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 73.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.