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Mehsian Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Mehsian is a medium size village located in Ranbir Singh Pora Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 96 families residing. The Mehsian village has population of 490 of which 262 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehsian village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehsian village is 870 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehsian as per census is 733, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Mehsian village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehsian village was 80.14 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Mehsian Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 71.84 %.

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

Mehsian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 490 262 228
Child (0-6) 52 30 22
Schedule Caste 474 254 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.14 % 87.50 % 71.84 %
Total Workers 131 127 4
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 11 11 0

Caste Factor

In Mehsian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.73 % of total population in Mehsian village. The village Mehsian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehsian village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 91.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.