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Vedai Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Vedai is a medium size village located in Bijbehara Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 241 families residing. The Vedai village has population of 1366 of which 706 are males while 660 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vedai village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vedai village is 935 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Vedai as per census is 810, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Vedai village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Vedai village was 63.71 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Vedai Male literacy stands at 77.59 % while female literacy rate was 49.28 %.

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

Vedai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,366 706 660
Child (0-6) 228 126 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 19 11 8
Literacy 63.71 % 77.59 % 49.28 %
Total Workers 699 374 325
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 469 159 310

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.39 % of total population in Vedai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Vedai village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Vedai village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 32.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.