Lam Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Lam is a medium size village located in Nowshehra Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 438 families residing. The Lam village has population of 1919 of which 959 are males while 960 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lam village population of children with age 0-6 is 338 which makes up 17.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lam village is 1001 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Lam as per census is 954, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Lam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Lam village was 67.99 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Lam Male literacy stands at 78.12 % while female literacy rate was 57.99 %.

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

Lam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	438	-	-
Population	1,919	959	960
Child (0-6)	338	173	165
Schedule Caste	1,039	515	524
Schedule Tribe	689	349	340
Literacy	67.99 %	78.12 %	57.99 %
Total Workers	421	387	34
Main Worker	69	-	-
Marginal Worker	352	327	25

Caste Factor

In Lam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 35.90 % of total population in Lam village.

Work Profile

In Lam village out of total population, 421 were engaged in work activities. 16.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 421 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.