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Wahama Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Wahama is a large village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 342 families residing. The Wahama village has population of 2368 of which 1197 are males while 1171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahama village population of children with age 0-6 is 431 which makes up 18.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahama village is 978 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahama as per census is 995, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Wahama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahama village was 59.37 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Wahama Male literacy stands at 69.42 % while female literacy rate was 49.06 %.

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

Wahama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 2,368 1,197 1,171
Child (0-6) 431 216 215
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.37 % 69.42 % 49.06 %
Total Workers 614 489 125
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 444 324 120

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wahama village out of total population, 614 were engaged in work activities. 27.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 614 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.