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Gangwan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gangwan is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 42 families residing. The Gangwan village has population of 212 of which 114 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 8.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangwan village is 860 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangwan as per census is 1375, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gangwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangwan village was 84.46 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gangwan Male literacy stands at 89.62 % while female literacy rate was 78.16 %.

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

Gangwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 212 114 98
Child (0-6) 19 8 11
Schedule Caste 74 42 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.46 % 89.62 % 78.16 %
Total Workers 71 68 3
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 58 55 3

Caste Factor

Gangwan village of Jammu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.91 % of total population in Gangwan village. The village Gangwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangwan village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 18.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.