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Dahama Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Dahama is a large village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 420 families residing. The Dahama village has population of 3238 of which 1626 are males while 1612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahama village population of children with age 0-6 is 625 which makes up 19.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahama village is 991 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahama as per census is 900, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dahama village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahama village was 72.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dahama Male literacy stands at 85.04 % while female literacy rate was 59.19 %.

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

Dahama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 420 - -
Population 3,238 1,626 1,612
Child (0-6) 625 329 296
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.02 % 85.04 % 59.19 %
Total Workers 666 495 171
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 395 289 106

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dahama village out of total population, 666 were engaged in work activities. 40.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 666 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.