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Sukheter Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Sukheter is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 204 families residing. The Sukheter village has population of 1058 of which 566 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sukheter village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sukheter village is 869 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sukheter as per census is 1000, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sukheter village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sukheter village was 69.27 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sukheter Male literacy stands at 76.99 % while female literacy rate was 60.19 %.

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

Sukheter Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 1,058 566 492
Child (0-6) 150 75 75
Schedule Caste 651 344 307
Schedule Tribe 149 81 68
Literacy 69.27 % 76.99 % 60.19 %
Total Workers 325 266 59
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 165 143 22

Caste Factor

In Sukheter village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.08 % of total population in Sukheter village.

Work Profile

In Sukheter village out of total population, 325 were engaged in work activities. 49.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 325 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.