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Pochal Population - Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir

Pochal is a medium size village located in Pulwama Tehsil of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 148 families residing. The Pochal village has population of 1067 of which 559 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pochal village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 16.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pochal village is 909 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Pochal as per census is 575, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Pochal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Pochal village was 62.32 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Pochal Male literacy stands at 73.09 % while female literacy rate was 51.47 %.

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

Pochal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 1,067 559 508
Child (0-6) 178 113 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.32 % 73.09 % 51.47 %
Total Workers 376 277 99
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 215 131 84

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Pochal village out of total population, 376 were engaged in work activities. 42.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 376 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.