Laha Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Laha is a large village located in Thanamandi Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 623 families residing. The Laha village has population of 2820 of which 1463 are males while 1357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laha village population of children with age 0-6 is 464 which makes up 16.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laha village is 928 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Laha as per census is 941, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Laha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Laha village was 62.95 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Laha Male literacy stands at 74.51 % while female literacy rate was 50.44 %.

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

Laha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	623	-	-
Population	2,820	1,463	1,357
Child (0-6)	464	239	225
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,237	635	602
Literacy	62.95 %	74.51 %	50.44 %
Total Workers	681	634	47
Main Worker	284	-	-
Marginal Worker	397	376	21

Caste Factor

In Laha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.87 % of total population in Laha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Laha village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Laha village out of total population, 681 were engaged in work activities. 41.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 681 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.