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Afani Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Afani is a medium size village located in Atholi (Paddar) Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 225 families residing. The Afani village has population of 1184 of which 621 are males while 563 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Afani village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Afani village is 907 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Afani as per census is 824, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Afani village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Afani village was 57.70 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Afani Male literacy stands at 69.32 % while female literacy rate was 45.16 %.

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

Afani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,184 621 563
Child (0-6) 217 119 98
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 18 18 0
Literacy 57.70 % 69.32 % 45.16 %
Total Workers 318 287 31
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.52 % of total population in Afani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Afani village of Kishtwar.

Work Profile

In Afani village out of total population, 318 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 318 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.