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Sailan Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Sailan is a large village located in Surankote Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 358 families residing. The Sailan village has population of 2224 of which 1187 are males while 1037 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sailan village population of children with age 0-6 is 391 which makes up 17.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sailan village is 874 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sailan as per census is 802, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sailan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sailan village was 46.10 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sailan Male literacy stands at 55.88 % while female literacy rate was 35.11 %.

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

Sailan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 358 - -
Population 2,224 1,187 1,037
Child (0-6) 391 217 174
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,381 750 631
Literacy 46.10 % 55.88 % 35.11 %
Total Workers 1,299 736 563
Main Worker 921 - -
Marginal Worker 378 202 176

Caste Factor

In Sailan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.10 % of total population in Sailan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sailan village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Sailan village out of total population, 1299 were engaged in work activities. 70.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1299 workers engaged in Main Work, 718 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.