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Khandwal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Khandwal is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 310 families residing. The Khandwal village has population of 1644 of which 884 are males while 760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khandwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khandwal village is 860 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Khandwal as per census is 805, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Khandwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Khandwal village was 80.35 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Khandwal Male literacy stands at 86.77 % while female literacy rate was 72.94 %.

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

Khandwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,644 884 760
Child (0-6) 204 113 91
Schedule Caste 1,052 559 493
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.35 % 86.77 % 72.94 %
Total Workers 448 433 15
Main Worker 443 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Khandwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.99 % of total population in Khandwal village. The village Khandwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khandwal village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 98.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.