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Jerdah Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Jerdah is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 146 families residing. The Jerdah village has population of 668 of which 346 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerdah village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 14.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerdah village is 931 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerdah as per census is 583, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Jerdah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerdah village was 88.83 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Jerdah Male literacy stands at 93.71 % while female literacy rate was 83.97 %.

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

Jerdah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 668 346 322
Child (0-6) 95 60 35
Schedule Caste 68 37 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.83 % 93.71 % 83.97 %
Total Workers 166 163 3
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.18 % of total population in Jerdah village. The village Jerdah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jerdah village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 98.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.