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Shermal Population - Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir

Shermal is a medium size village located in Shopian Tehsil of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 145 families residing. The Shermal village has population of 979 of which 502 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shermal village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 18.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shermal village is 950 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Shermal as per census is 876, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Shermal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Shermal village was 61.98 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Shermal Male literacy stands at 71.11 % while female literacy rate was 52.55 %.

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

Shermal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 145 - -
Population 979 502 477
Child (0-6) 182 97 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.98 % 71.11 % 52.55 %
Total Workers 557 296 261
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 442 186 256

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Shermal village out of total population, 557 were engaged in work activities. 20.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 557 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.