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Bigwan Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Bigwan is a medium size village located in Kathua Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 231 families residing. The Bigwan village has population of 1145 of which 610 are males while 535 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bigwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 10.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bigwan village is 877 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Bigwan as per census is 685, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Bigwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Bigwan village was 73.58 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Bigwan Male literacy stands at 80.26 % while female literacy rate was 66.19 %.

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

Bigwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,145 610 535
Child (0-6) 123 73 50
Schedule Caste 864 457 407
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.58 % 80.26 % 66.19 %
Total Workers 301 284 17
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 103 99 4

Caste Factor

In Bigwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.46 % of total population in Bigwan village. The village Bigwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bigwan village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 65.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.