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Chertu Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Chertu is a medium size village located in Khansahib Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 56 families residing. The Chertu village has population of 566 of which 314 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chertu village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 20.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chertu village is 803 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chertu as per census is 629, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chertu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chertu village was 58.85 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chertu Male literacy stands at 65.57 % while female literacy rate was 50.96 %.

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

Chertu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 566 314 252
Child (0-6) 114 70 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.85 % 65.57 % 50.96 %
Total Workers 105 91 14
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 26 23 3

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Chertu village out of total population, 105 were engaged in work activities. 75.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 105 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.