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Gawar Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gawar is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 110 families residing. The Gawar village has population of 469 of which 232 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 15.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawar village is 1022 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawar as per census is 825, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gawar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawar village was 84.85 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gawar Male literacy stands at 93.23 % while female literacy rate was 76.96 %.

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

Gawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 110 - -
Population 469 232 237
Child (0-6) 73 40 33
Schedule Caste 69 34 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.85 % 93.23 % 76.96 %
Total Workers 176 130 46
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 12 5 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.71 % of total population in Gawar village. The village Gawar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gawar village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 93.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.