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Gakhral Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gakhral is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 402 families residing. The Gakhral village has population of 1777 of which 927 are males while 850 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gakhral village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 11.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gakhral village is 917 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gakhral as per census is 732, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gakhral village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gakhral village was 73.91 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gakhral Male literacy stands at 81.34 % while female literacy rate was 66.05 %.

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

Gakhral Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 402 - -
Population 1,777 927 850
Child (0-6) 213 123 90
Schedule Caste 324 167 157
Schedule Tribe 244 124 120
Literacy 73.91 % 81.34 % 66.05 %
Total Workers 706 442 264
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 201 29 172

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.73 % of total population in Gakhral village.

Work Profile

In Gakhral village out of total population, 706 were engaged in work activities. 71.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 706 workers engaged in Main Work, 256 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.