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Amar Garh Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Amar Garh is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 265 families residing. The Amar Garh village has population of 1984 of which 1058 are males while 926 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amar Garh village population of children with age 0-6 is 463 which makes up 23.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amar Garh village is 875 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Amar Garh as per census is 795, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Amar Garh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Amar Garh village was 66.34 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Amar Garh Male literacy stands at 82.25 % while female literacy rate was 48.68 %.

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

Amar Garh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,984 1,058 926
Child (0-6) 463 258 205
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.34 % 82.25 % 48.68 %
Total Workers 326 289 37
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 231 201 30

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Amar Garh village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 29.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.