Arai Population, Caste, Working Data Punch, Jammu and Kashmir - Census 2011

Arai is a village situated in Mandi tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,423 families residing in the village Arai. The total population of Arai is 6,434 out of which 3,347 are males and 3,087 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Arai is 922.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Arai village is 1296 which is 20% of the total population. There are 668 male children and 628 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Arai is 940 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (922) of Arai village.

Population
6,434
Families
1,423
Literacy
49.77%
Sex Ratio
922

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Arai is 49.8%. Thus Arai village has lower literacy rate compared to 54.9% of Punch district. The male literacy rate is 60.36% and the female literacy rate is 38.23% in Arai village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Arai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Arai Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Arai village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,296 668 628
Literacy 49.77% 60.36% 38.23%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 1,594 844 750
Illiterate 3,877 1,730 2,147

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.8% of total population in Arai village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Arai village out of total population, 2,665 were engaged in work activities. 10.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,665 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 291 244 47
Cultivators 25 21 4
Agriculture Labourer 14 13 1
Other Workers 252 210 42
Marginal Workers 2,374 1,383 991
Non Working 3,769 1,720 2,049

Nearby Villages to Arai,

Below are the list of villages near Arai village in Mandi.

Village Population
Chikri Ban 2,208
Baila 2,486
Lohelbelah 2,145
Marnote 164
Plera 3,551
Trichal 366
Raj Pur 1,679
Fatehpur 1,687
Mandi 3,045
Kehnu 897

Reference