Khanan Population - Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir

Khanan is a medium size village located in Kangan Tehsil of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 265 families residing. The Khanan village has population of 1731 of which 924 are males while 807 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khanan village population of children with age 0-6 is 447 which makes up 25.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khanan village is 873 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Khanan as per census is 810, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Khanan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Khanan village was 51.56 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Khanan Male literacy stands at 66.03 % while female literacy rate was 35.42 %.

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

Khanan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	265	-	-
Population	1,731	924	807
Child (0-6)	447	247	200
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	658	340	318
Literacy	51.56 %	66.03 %	35.42 %
Total Workers	471	384	87
Main Worker	270	-	-
Marginal Worker	201	119	82

Caste Factor

In Khanan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.01 % of total population in Khanan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khanan village of Ganderbal.

Work Profile

In Khanan village out of total population, 471 were engaged in work activities. 57.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 471 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.