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Now Shehra Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Now Shehra is a medium size village located in Bijbehara Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 262 families residing. The Now Shehra village has population of 1788 of which 883 are males while 905 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Now Shehra village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 18.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Now Shehra village is 1025 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Now Shehra as per census is 1056, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Now Shehra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Now Shehra village was 61.07 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Now Shehra Male literacy stands at 82.02 % while female literacy rate was 40.49 %.

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

Now Shehra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,788 883 905
Child (0-6) 329 160 169
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.07 % 82.02 % 40.49 %
Total Workers 948 475 473
Main Worker 300 - -
Marginal Worker 648 184 464

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Now Shehra village of Anantnag district.

Work Profile

In Now Shehra village out of total population, 948 were engaged in work activities. 31.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 948 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.