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Forah Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Forah is a large village located in Anantnag Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 406 families residing. The Forah village has population of 2532 of which 1328 are males while 1204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forah village population of children with age 0-6 is 373 which makes up 14.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forah village is 907 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forah as per census is 727, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Forah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Forah village was 74.29 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forah Male literacy stands at 83.63 % while female literacy rate was 64.37 %.

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

Forah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 406 - -
Population 2,532 1,328 1,204
Child (0-6) 373 216 157
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.29 % 83.63 % 64.37 %
Total Workers 892 541 351
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 507 183 324

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Forah village out of total population, 892 were engaged in work activities. 43.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 892 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.