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Menkal Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Menkal is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 63 families residing. The Menkal village has population of 452 of which 232 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Menkal village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 26.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Menkal village is 948 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Menkal as per census is 848, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Menkal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Menkal village was 55.76 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Menkal Male literacy stands at 71.69 % while female literacy rate was 39.63 %.

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

Menkal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 452 232 220
Child (0-6) 122 66 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 8 5 3
Literacy 55.76 % 71.69 % 39.63 %
Total Workers 70 68 2
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 28 26 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.77 % of total population in Menkal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Menkal village of Kupwara.

Work Profile

In Menkal village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 60.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.