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Ghagwal Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Ghagwal is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 317 families residing. The Ghagwal village has population of 1520 of which 788 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagwal village is 929 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagwal as per census is 732, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ghagwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagwal village was 83.56 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ghagwal Male literacy stands at 91.72 % while female literacy rate was 75.08 %.

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

Ghagwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 317 - -
Population 1,520 788 732
Child (0-6) 194 112 82
Schedule Caste 656 335 321
Schedule Tribe 10 4 6
Literacy 83.56 % 91.72 % 75.08 %
Total Workers 390 354 36
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 102 97 5

Caste Factor

In Ghagwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.16 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.66 % of total population in Ghagwal village.

Work Profile

In Ghagwal village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 73.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.