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Forest Block Population - Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a medium size village located in Sonawari Tehsil of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 29 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 203 of which 113 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 21.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 796 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 792, 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 43.13 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 52.81 % while female literacy rate was 30.99 %.

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 29 - -
Population 203 113 90
Child (0-6) 43 24 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 201 113 88
Literacy 43.13 % 52.81 % 30.99 %
Total Workers 64 47 17
Main Worker 2 - -
Marginal Worker 62 45 17

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.01 % 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, 64 were engaged in work activities. 3.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.