Nandwal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Nandwal is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 236 families residing. The Nandwal village has population of 988 of which 478 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nandwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nandwal village is 1067 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nandwal as per census is 928, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nandwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nandwal village was 73.92 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nandwal Male literacy stands at 83.62 % while female literacy rate was 65.02 %.

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

Nandwal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	236	-	-
Population	988	478	510
Child (0-6)	133	69	64
Schedule Caste	666	324	342
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.92 %	83.62 %	65.02 %
Total Workers	295	236	59
Main Worker	161	-	-
Marginal Worker	134	92	42

Caste Factor

In Nandwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.41 % of total population in Nandwal village. The village Nandwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nandwal village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 54.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.