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Gargal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gargal is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 76 families residing. The Gargal village has population of 338 of which 177 are males while 161 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gargal village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gargal village is 910 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gargal as per census is 893, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gargal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gargal village was 81.05 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gargal Male literacy stands at 87.25 % while female literacy rate was 74.26 %.

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

Gargal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 338 177 161
Child (0-6) 53 28 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 31 14 17
Literacy 81.05 % 87.25 % 74.26 %
Total Workers 100 89 11
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 49 43 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.17 % of total population in Gargal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gargal village of Jammu.

Work Profile

In Gargal village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 51.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.