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Palar Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Palar is a medium size village located in Budgam Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 244 families residing. The Palar village has population of 1584 of which 824 are males while 760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palar village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 10.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palar village is 922 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Palar as per census is 793, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Palar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Palar village was 59.48 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Palar Male literacy stands at 73.50 % while female literacy rate was 44.54 %.

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

Palar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,584 824 760
Child (0-6) 165 92 73
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.48 % 73.50 % 44.54 %
Total Workers 362 340 22
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 114 100 14

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Palar village of Badgam district.

Work Profile

In Palar village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 68.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.