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Sonamarg Population - Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir

Sonamarg is a medium size village located in Kangan Tehsil of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 122 families residing. The Sonamarg village has population of 1051 of which 579 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamarg village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 24.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamarg village is 815 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamarg as per census is 797, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sonamarg village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamarg village was 53.40 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sonamarg Male literacy stands at 62.39 % while female literacy rate was 42.46 %.

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

Sonamarg Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 1,051 579 472
Child (0-6) 257 143 114
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 9 6 3
Literacy 53.40 % 62.39 % 42.46 %
Total Workers 215 209 6
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 190 184 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.86 % of total population in Sonamarg village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonamarg village of Ganderbal.

Work Profile

In Sonamarg village out of total population, 215 were engaged in work activities. 11.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.