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Booch Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Booch is a medium size village located in Kokernag Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 334 families residing. The Booch village has population of 1842 of which 932 are males while 910 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Booch village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 15.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Booch village is 976 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Booch as per census is 933, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Booch village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Booch village was 75.00 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Booch Male literacy stands at 85.29 % while female literacy rate was 64.55 %.

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

Booch Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,842 932 910
Child (0-6) 290 150 140
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 75.00 % 85.29 % 64.55 %
Total Workers 728 455 273
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 390 166 224

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.11 % of total population in Booch village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Booch village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Booch village out of total population, 728 were engaged in work activities. 46.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 728 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.