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Arch Population - Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir

Arch is a medium size village located in Ganderbal Tehsil of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 276 families residing. The Arch village has population of 1584 of which 791 are males while 793 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arch village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 19.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arch village is 1003 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Arch as per census is 1086, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Arch village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Arch village was 63.36 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Arch Male literacy stands at 72.19 % while female literacy rate was 54.37 %.

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

Arch Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,584 791 793
Child (0-6) 315 151 164
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 18 11 7
Literacy 63.36 % 72.19 % 54.37 %
Total Workers 521 349 172
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 154 33 121

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.14 % of total population in Arch village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Arch village of Ganderbal.

Work Profile

In Arch village out of total population, 521 were engaged in work activities. 70.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 521 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.