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Forest Block Population - Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a medium size village located in Bandipora Tehsil of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 172 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 996 of which 536 are males while 460 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 11.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 858 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 828, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Forest Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Block village was 22.18 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 28.81 % while female literacy rate was 14.50 %.

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

Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 996 536 460
Child (0-6) 117 64 53
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 911 486 425
Literacy 22.18 % 28.81 % 14.50 %
Total Workers 333 243 90
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 267 180 87

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.47 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Bandipora.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 19.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.