Sum Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Sum is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 186 families residing. The Sum village has population of 902 of which 485 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sum village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 8.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sum village is 860 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Sum as per census is 814, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Sum village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Sum village was 76.33 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Sum Male literacy stands at 84.84 % while female literacy rate was 66.49 %.

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

Sum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	186	-	-
Population	902	485	417
Child (0-6)	78	43	35
Schedule Caste	611	329	282
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.33 %	84.84 %	66.49 %
Total Workers	389	286	103
Main Worker	298	-	-
Marginal Worker	91	12	79

Caste Factor

In Sum village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.74 % of total population in Sum village. The village Sum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sum village out of total population, 389 were engaged in work activities. 76.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 389 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.