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Gowal Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Gowal is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 62 families residing. The Gowal village has population of 302 of which 152 are males while 150 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 14.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowal village is 987 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowal as per census is 792, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowal village was 86.87 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gowal Male literacy stands at 94.53 % while female literacy rate was 79.39 %.

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

Gowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 302 152 150
Child (0-6) 43 24 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.87 % 94.53 % 79.39 %
Total Workers 84 78 6
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gowal village of Samba district.

Work Profile

In Gowal village out of total population, 84 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.