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Marchanji Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Marchanji is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 57 families residing. The Marchanji village has population of 237 of which 124 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marchanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 9.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marchanji village is 911 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Marchanji as per census is 1000, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Marchanji village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Marchanji village was 88.37 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Marchanji Male literacy stands at 92.04 % while female literacy rate was 84.31 %.

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

Marchanji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 237 124 113
Child (0-6) 22 11 11
Schedule Caste 40 21 19
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.37 % 92.04 % 84.31 %
Total Workers 53 51 2
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 24 24 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.88 % of total population in Marchanji village. The village Marchanji currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Marchanji village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 54.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.