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Shaster Gam Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Shaster Gam is a medium size village located in Dooru Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 86 families residing. The Shaster Gam village has population of 730 of which 369 are males while 361 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shaster Gam village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 28.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shaster Gam village is 978 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Shaster Gam as per census is 962, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Shaster Gam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Shaster Gam village was 53.45 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Shaster Gam Male literacy stands at 64.64 % while female literacy rate was 42.08 %.

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

Shaster Gam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 730 369 361
Child (0-6) 208 106 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 53.45 % 64.64 % 42.08 %
Total Workers 318 176 142
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 195 76 119

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.68 % of total population in Shaster Gam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shaster Gam village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Shaster Gam village out of total population, 318 were engaged in work activities. 38.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 318 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.