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Sapwal Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Sapwal is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 386 families residing. The Sapwal village has population of 1758 of which 901 are males while 857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sapwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sapwal village is 951 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sapwal as per census is 778, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sapwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sapwal village was 82.97 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sapwal Male literacy stands at 90.56 % while female literacy rate was 75.20 %.

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

Sapwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 386 - -
Population 1,758 901 857
Child (0-6) 208 117 91
Schedule Caste 444 225 219
Schedule Tribe 23 10 13
Literacy 82.97 % 90.56 % 75.20 %
Total Workers 424 364 60
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 36 29 7

Caste Factor

Sapwal village of Samba has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.31 % of total population in Sapwal village.

Work Profile

In Sapwal village out of total population, 424 were engaged in work activities. 91.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 424 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.