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Ahagam Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Ahagam is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 255 families residing. The Ahagam village has population of 1853 of which 953 are males while 900 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ahagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 428 which makes up 23.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ahagam village is 944 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Ahagam as per census is 853, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Ahagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Ahagam village was 63.51 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Ahagam Male literacy stands at 75.90 % while female literacy rate was 50.78 %.

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

Ahagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,853 953 900
Child (0-6) 428 231 197
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 204 110 94
Literacy 63.51 % 75.90 % 50.78 %
Total Workers 467 364 103
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 158 155 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.01 % of total population in Ahagam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ahagam village of Kupwara.

Work Profile

In Ahagam village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 66.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.