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Sandwan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Sandwan is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 211 families residing. The Sandwan village has population of 1017 of which 531 are males while 486 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandwan village is 915 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandwan as per census is 788, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sandwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandwan village was 76.53 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sandwan Male literacy stands at 83.23 % while female literacy rate was 69.35 %.

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

Sandwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,017 531 486
Child (0-6) 118 66 52
Schedule Caste 497 262 235
Schedule Tribe 27 13 14
Literacy 76.53 % 83.23 % 69.35 %
Total Workers 320 292 28
Main Worker 203 - -
Marginal Worker 117 103 14

Caste Factor

In Sandwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.87 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.65 % of total population in Sandwan village.

Work Profile

In Sandwan village out of total population, 320 were engaged in work activities. 63.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 320 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.