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Payer Population - Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir

Payer is a medium size village located in Pulwama Tehsil of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 253 families residing. The Payer village has population of 1907 of which 957 are males while 950 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payer village population of children with age 0-6 is 367 which makes up 19.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payer village is 993 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Payer as per census is 995, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Payer village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Payer village was 66.04 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Payer Male literacy stands at 76.58 % while female literacy rate was 55.41 %.

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

Payer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,907 957 950
Child (0-6) 367 184 183
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.04 % 76.58 % 55.41 %
Total Workers 554 402 152
Main Worker 475 - -
Marginal Worker 79 63 16

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Payer village out of total population, 554 were engaged in work activities. 85.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 554 workers engaged in Main Work, 259 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.