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Kargam Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Kargam is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 210 families residing. The Kargam village has population of 1327 of which 690 are males while 637 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kargam village population of children with age 0-6 is 227 which makes up 17.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kargam village is 923 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kargam as per census is 733, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kargam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kargam village was 71.27 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kargam Male literacy stands at 82.29 % while female literacy rate was 59.89 %.

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

Kargam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,327 690 637
Child (0-6) 227 131 96
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.27 % 82.29 % 59.89 %
Total Workers 330 300 30
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 35 28 7

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kargam village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 89.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.