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Kathar Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Kathar is a medium size village located in Bishnah Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 360 families residing. The Kathar village has population of 1736 of which 875 are males while 861 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathar village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 12.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathar village is 984 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathar as per census is 782, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kathar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathar village was 81.50 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kathar Male literacy stands at 89.68 % while female literacy rate was 73.44 %.

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

Kathar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 360 - -
Population 1,736 875 861
Child (0-6) 212 119 93
Schedule Caste 1,277 640 637
Schedule Tribe 11 5 6
Literacy 81.50 % 89.68 % 73.44 %
Total Workers 484 441 43
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 160 148 12

Caste Factor

In Kathar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.63 % of total population in Kathar village.

Work Profile

In Kathar village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 66.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.