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Bamhal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Bamhal is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 387 families residing. The Bamhal village has population of 1776 of which 951 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bamhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bamhal village is 868 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Bamhal as per census is 789, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Bamhal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Bamhal village was 75.00 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Bamhal Male literacy stands at 82.61 % while female literacy rate was 66.35 %.

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

Bamhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 387 - -
Population 1,776 951 825
Child (0-6) 220 123 97
Schedule Caste 646 346 300
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.00 % 82.61 % 66.35 %
Total Workers 412 402 10
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 15 13 2

Caste Factor

In Bamhal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.37 % of total population in Bamhal village. The village Bamhal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bamhal village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 96.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.