Puwal Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Puwal is a medium size village located in Bishnah Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 123 families residing. The Puwal village has population of 600 of which 319 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puwal village is 881 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Puwal as per census is 634, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Puwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Puwal village was 75.42 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Puwal Male literacy stands at 81.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.02 %.

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

Puwal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	600	319	281
Child (0-6)	67	41	26
Schedule Caste	307	152	155
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.42 %	81.29 %	69.02 %
Total Workers	174	153	21
Main Worker	105	-	-
Marginal Worker	69	58	11

Caste Factor

In Puwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.17 % of total population in Puwal village. The village Puwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puwal village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 60.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.