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Bicherwari Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Bicherwari is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 165 families residing. The Bicherwari village has population of 1304 of which 676 are males while 628 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bicherwari village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 16.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bicherwari village is 929 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Bicherwari as per census is 938, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Bicherwari village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Bicherwari village was 69.83 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Bicherwari Male literacy stands at 82.62 % while female literacy rate was 56.02 %.

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

Bicherwari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 1,304 676 628
Child (0-6) 217 112 105
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.83 % 82.62 % 56.02 %
Total Workers 270 247 23
Main Worker 190 - -
Marginal Worker 80 71 9

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Bicherwari village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 70.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.