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Kandharnu Population - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Kandharnu is a medium size village located in Billawar Tehsil of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 364 families residing. The Kandharnu village has population of 1668 of which 860 are males while 808 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandharnu village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandharnu village is 940 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandharnu as per census is 966, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kandharnu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandharnu village was 75.87 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kandharnu Male literacy stands at 86.81 % while female literacy rate was 64.17 %.

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

Kandharnu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,668 860 808
Child (0-6) 230 117 113
Schedule Caste 237 122 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.87 % 86.81 % 64.17 %
Total Workers 632 465 167
Main Worker 473 - -
Marginal Worker 159 17 142

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.21 % of total population in Kandharnu village. The village Kandharnu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandharnu village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 74.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.