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Asham Population - Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir

Asham is a large village located in Sonawari Tehsil of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 722 families residing. The Asham village has population of 4841 of which 2447 are males while 2394 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asham village population of children with age 0-6 is 615 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asham village is 978 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Asham as per census is 1023, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Asham village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Asham village was 58.92 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Asham Male literacy stands at 71.86 % while female literacy rate was 45.61 %.

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

Asham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 722 - -
Population 4,841 2,447 2,394
Child (0-6) 615 304 311
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.92 % 71.86 % 45.61 %
Total Workers 1,872 1,150 722
Main Worker 1,050 - -
Marginal Worker 822 257 565

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Asham village out of total population, 1872 were engaged in work activities. 56.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1872 workers engaged in Main Work, 287 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 169 were Agricultural labourer.