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Kishtwar Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Kishtwar is a medium size village located in Budgam Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 151 families residing. The Kishtwar village has population of 1251 of which 650 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kishtwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 22.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kishtwar village is 925 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kishtwar as per census is 892, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kishtwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kishtwar village was 65.09 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kishtwar Male literacy stands at 75.90 % while female literacy rate was 53.52 %.

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

Kishtwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 151 - -
Population 1,251 650 601
Child (0-6) 280 148 132
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.09 % 75.90 % 53.52 %
Total Workers 319 210 109
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 249 145 104

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kishtwar village out of total population, 319 were engaged in work activities. 21.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 319 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.