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Gaw Ran Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Gaw Ran is a medium size village located in Kokernag Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 252 families residing. The Gaw Ran village has population of 1412 of which 732 are males while 680 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaw Ran village population of children with age 0-6 is 366 which makes up 25.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaw Ran village is 929 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaw Ran as per census is 858, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gaw Ran village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaw Ran village was 64.63 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gaw Ran Male literacy stands at 73.08 % while female literacy rate was 55.77 %.

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

Gaw Ran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,412 732 680
Child (0-6) 366 197 169
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 745 403 342
Literacy 64.63 % 73.08 % 55.77 %
Total Workers 781 408 373
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 561 214 347

Caste Factor

In Gaw Ran village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.76 % of total population in Gaw Ran village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gaw Ran village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Gaw Ran village out of total population, 781 were engaged in work activities. 28.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 781 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.