Handar Population, Caste, Working Data Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir - Census 2011

Handar is a village situated in Gool-Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 481 families residing in the village Handar. The total population of Handar is 2,563 out of which 1,357 are males and 1,206 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Handar is 889.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Handar village is 447 which is 17% of the total population. There are 238 male children and 209 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Handar is 878 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (889) of Handar village.

Population
2,563
Families
481
Literacy
53.54%
Sex Ratio
889

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Handar is 53.5%. Thus Handar village has higher literacy rate compared to 47.8% of Reasi district. The male literacy rate is 66.13% and the female literacy rate is 39.42% in Handar village.

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

Handar Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 447 238 209
Literacy 53.54% 66.13% 39.42%
Scheduled Caste 1,007 528 479
Scheduled Tribe 404 218 186
Illiterate 1,430 617 813

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.8% of total population in Handar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Handar village out of total population, 774 were engaged in work activities. 90.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 774 workers engaged in Main Work, 527 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 698 668 30
Cultivators 527 518 9
Agriculture Labourer 6 6 0
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 164 143 21
Marginal Workers 76 14 62
Non Working 1,789 675 1,114

Nearby Villages to Handar,

Below are the list of villages near Handar village in Gool-Gulabgarh.

Village Population
Dhansal 1,973
Matlot 1,268
Budhan 7,354
Arnas 653
Chilad 1,597
Kanthan 2,416
Thuru 8,028
Judda 2,563
Kanthi 3,947
Dharot 282

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