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Forest Block Population - Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Forest Block is a medium size village located in Banihal Tehsil of Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 65 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 347 of which 182 are males while 165 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 907 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 784, 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 5.34 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 7.59 % while female literacy rate was 2.94 %.

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 65 - -
Population 347 182 165
Child (0-6) 66 37 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 346 181 165
Literacy 5.34 % 7.59 % 2.94 %
Total Workers 300 154 146
Main Worker 297 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Ramban.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 99.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.