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Poyan Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Poyan is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 29 families residing. The Poyan village has population of 216 of which 107 are males while 109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poyan village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poyan village is 1019 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Poyan as per census is 929, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Poyan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Poyan village was 62.43 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Poyan Male literacy stands at 75.27 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Poyan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 216 107 109
Child (0-6) 27 14 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 215 107 108
Literacy 62.43 % 75.27 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 38 35 3
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 30 29 1

Caste Factor

In Poyan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.54 % of total population in Poyan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Poyan village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Poyan village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 21.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.