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Watal Bag Population - Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir

Watal Bag is a medium size village located in Lar Tehsil of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 238 families residing. The Watal Bag village has population of 1229 of which 628 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Watal Bag village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 17.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Watal Bag village is 957 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Watal Bag as per census is 1106, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Watal Bag village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Watal Bag village was 66.83 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Watal Bag Male literacy stands at 75.76 % while female literacy rate was 57.20 %.

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

Watal Bag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,229 628 601
Child (0-6) 219 104 115
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 16 8 8
Literacy 66.83 % 75.76 % 57.20 %
Total Workers 573 320 253
Main Worker 226 - -
Marginal Worker 347 120 227

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.30 % of total population in Watal Bag village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Watal Bag village of Ganderbal.

Work Profile

In Watal Bag village out of total population, 573 were engaged in work activities. 39.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 573 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.