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Forest Block Population - Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a large village located in Kangan Tehsil of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 2390 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 14975 of which 8304 are males while 6671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 3145 which makes up 21.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 803 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 871, higher 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 33.42 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 42.38 % while female literacy rate was 22.01 %.

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 2,390 - -
Population 14,975 8,304 6,671
Child (0-6) 3,145 1,681 1,464
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 12,826 6,994 5,832
Literacy 33.42 % 42.38 % 22.01 %
Total Workers 5,397 4,470 927
Main Worker 2,441 - -
Marginal Worker 2,956 2,284 672

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.65 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Ganderbal.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 5397 were engaged in work activities. 45.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5397 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.