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Gangith Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Gangith is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 51 families residing. The Gangith village has population of 257 of which 132 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangith village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 13.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangith village is 947 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangith as per census is 591, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gangith village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangith village was 77.03 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gangith Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 74.11 %.

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

Gangith Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 257 132 125
Child (0-6) 35 22 13
Schedule Caste 13 8 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.03 % 80.00 % 74.11 %
Total Workers 70 66 4
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 23 23 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.06 % of total population in Gangith village. The village Gangith currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangith village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 67.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.