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Prey Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Prey is a medium size village located in Ramnagar Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 273 families residing. The Prey village has population of 1816 of which 963 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Prey village population of children with age 0-6 is 308 which makes up 16.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Prey village is 886 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Prey as per census is 730, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Prey village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Prey village was 60.81 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Prey Male literacy stands at 71.21 % while female literacy rate was 49.52 %.

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

Prey Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,816 963 853
Child (0-6) 308 178 130
Schedule Caste 519 279 240
Schedule Tribe 152 77 75
Literacy 60.81 % 71.21 % 49.52 %
Total Workers 894 485 409
Main Worker 510 - -
Marginal Worker 384 120 264

Caste Factor

Prey village of Udhampur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.37 % of total population in Prey village.

Work Profile

In Prey village out of total population, 894 were engaged in work activities. 57.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 894 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.