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Nowhar Population - Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Nowhar is a medium size village located in Chadoora Tehsil of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 111 families residing. The Nowhar village has population of 888 of which 452 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 14.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowhar village is 965 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowhar as per census is 1316, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nowhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowhar village was 54.50 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nowhar Male literacy stands at 61.77 % while female literacy rate was 46.54 %.

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

Nowhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 888 452 436
Child (0-6) 132 57 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.50 % 61.77 % 46.54 %
Total Workers 349 233 116
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 61 0 61

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nowhar village of Badgam district.

Work Profile

In Nowhar village out of total population, 349 were engaged in work activities. 82.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 349 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.