Markote Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Markote is a medium size village located in Mandi Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 207 families residing. The Markote village has population of 1200 of which 633 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Markote village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 21.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Markote village is 896 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Markote as per census is 717, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Markote village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Markote village was 43.56 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Markote Male literacy stands at 58.21 % while female literacy rate was 28.17 %.

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

Markote Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	207	-	-
Population	1,200	633	567
Child (0-6)	261	152	109
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,010	533	477
Literacy	43.56 %	58.21 %	28.17 %
Total Workers	322	285	37
Main Worker	41	-	-
Marginal Worker	281	254	27

Caste Factor

In Markote village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.17 % of total population in Markote village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Markote village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Markote village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 12.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.