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Bandwal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Bandwal is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 404 families residing. The Bandwal village has population of 1781 of which 921 are males while 860 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bandwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 12.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bandwal village is 934 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Bandwal as per census is 781, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Bandwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Bandwal village was 79.01 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Bandwal Male literacy stands at 86.76 % while female literacy rate was 70.92 %.

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

Bandwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 404 - -
Population 1,781 921 860
Child (0-6) 228 128 100
Schedule Caste 559 286 273
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.01 % 86.76 % 70.92 %
Total Workers 1,159 617 542
Main Worker 331 - -
Marginal Worker 828 319 509

Caste Factor

Bandwal village of Jammu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.39 % of total population in Bandwal village. The village Bandwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bandwal village out of total population, 1159 were engaged in work activities. 28.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1159 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.