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Shum Nag Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Shum Nag is a medium size village located in Kupwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 190 families residing. The Shum Nag village has population of 1692 of which 830 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shum Nag village population of children with age 0-6 is 438 which makes up 25.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shum Nag village is 1039 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Shum Nag as per census is 1269, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Shum Nag village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Shum Nag village was 83.01 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Shum Nag Male literacy stands at 91.21 % while female literacy rate was 74.55 %.

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

Shum Nag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 1,692 830 862
Child (0-6) 438 193 245
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 11 7 4
Literacy 83.01 % 91.21 % 74.55 %
Total Workers 321 260 61
Main Worker 218 - -
Marginal Worker 103 87 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.65 % of total population in Shum Nag village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shum Nag village of Kupwara.

Work Profile

In Shum Nag village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 67.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.