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Gawas Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Gawas is a large village located in Dooru Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 355 families residing. The Gawas village has population of 2613 of which 1438 are males while 1175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawas village population of children with age 0-6 is 792 which makes up 30.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawas village is 817 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawas as per census is 506, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gawas village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawas village was 56.73 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gawas Male literacy stands at 65.46 % while female literacy rate was 47.96 %.

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

Gawas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 2,613 1,438 1,175
Child (0-6) 792 526 266
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 56.73 % 65.46 % 47.96 %
Total Workers 883 451 432
Main Worker 425 - -
Marginal Worker 458 67 391

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.04 % of total population in Gawas village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gawas village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Gawas village out of total population, 883 were engaged in work activities. 48.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 883 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.