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Badhan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Badhan is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 120 families residing. The Badhan village has population of 528 of which 243 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Badhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 17.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Badhan village is 1173 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Badhan as per census is 875, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Badhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Badhan village was 79.22 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Badhan Male literacy stands at 88.21 % while female literacy rate was 72.02 %.

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

Badhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 528 243 285
Child (0-6) 90 48 42
Schedule Caste 373 170 203
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.22 % 88.21 % 72.02 %
Total Workers 253 133 120
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 188 85 103

Caste Factor

In Badhan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.64 % of total population in Badhan village. The village Badhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Badhan village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 25.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.