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Nantar Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Nantar is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 108 families residing. The Nantar village has population of 454 of which 233 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nantar village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 15.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nantar village is 948 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nantar as per census is 690, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nantar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nantar village was 71.28 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nantar Male literacy stands at 81.15 % while female literacy rate was 61.46 %.

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

Nantar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 454 233 221
Child (0-6) 71 42 29
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 237 122 115
Literacy 71.28 % 81.15 % 61.46 %
Total Workers 167 124 43
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 102 69 33

Caste Factor

In Nantar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.88 % of total population in Nantar village.

Work Profile

In Nantar village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 38.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.