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Platan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Platan is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 478 families residing. The Platan village has population of 1790 of which 889 are males while 901 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Platan village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Platan village is 1013 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Platan as per census is 683, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Platan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Platan village was 82.31 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Platan Male literacy stands at 90.34 % while female literacy rate was 74.79 %.

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

Platan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 478 - -
Population 1,790 889 901
Child (0-6) 207 123 84
Schedule Caste 385 189 196
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.31 % 90.34 % 74.79 %
Total Workers 549 423 126
Main Worker 323 - -
Marginal Worker 226 127 99

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.51 % of total population in Platan village. The village Platan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Platan village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 58.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.