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Samlah Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Samlah is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 156 families residing. The Samlah village has population of 682 of which 370 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samlah village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samlah village is 843 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Samlah as per census is 645, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Samlah village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Samlah village was 65.69 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Samlah Male literacy stands at 71.75 % while female literacy rate was 58.82 %.

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

Samlah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 156 - -
Population 682 370 312
Child (0-6) 102 62 40
Schedule Caste 561 307 254
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.69 % 71.75 % 58.82 %
Total Workers 201 184 17
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 165 154 11

Caste Factor

In Samlah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.26 % of total population in Samlah village. The village Samlah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Samlah village out of total population, 201 were engaged in work activities. 17.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 201 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.