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Meghan Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Meghan is a medium size village located in Udhampur Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 193 families residing. The Meghan village has population of 1071 of which 571 are males while 500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghan village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 15.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghan village is 876 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghan as per census is 763, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Meghan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghan village was 63.29 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Meghan Male literacy stands at 72.38 % while female literacy rate was 53.15 %.

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

Meghan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,071 571 500
Child (0-6) 164 93 71
Schedule Caste 657 354 303
Schedule Tribe 191 98 93
Literacy 63.29 % 72.38 % 53.15 %
Total Workers 361 289 72
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 95 48 47

Caste Factor

In Meghan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.83 % of total population in Meghan village.

Work Profile

In Meghan village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 73.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.