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Choon Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Choon is a medium size village located in Budgam Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 289 families residing. The Choon village has population of 1819 of which 941 are males while 878 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Choon village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 9.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Choon village is 933 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Choon as per census is 967, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Choon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Choon village was 50.85 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Choon Male literacy stands at 58.78 % while female literacy rate was 42.33 %.

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

Choon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,819 941 878
Child (0-6) 181 92 89
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.85 % 58.78 % 42.33 %
Total Workers 459 423 36
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 63 43 20

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Choon village of Badgam district.

Work Profile

In Choon village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 86.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.