Vedai Population, Caste, Working Data Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir - Census 2011

Vedai is a village situated in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 241 families residing in the village Vedai. The total population of Vedai is 1,366 out of which 706 are males and 660 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Vedai is 935.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Vedai village is 228 which is 17% of the total population. There are 126 male children and 102 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Vedai is 810 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (935) of Vedai village.

Population
1,366
Families
241
Literacy
63.71%
Sex Ratio
935

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Vedai is 63.7%. Thus Vedai village has higher literacy rate compared to 50.6% of Anantnag district. The male literacy rate is 77.59% and the female literacy rate is 49.28% in Vedai village.

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

Vedai Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 228 126 102
Literacy 63.71% 77.59% 49.28%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 19 11 8
Illiterate 641 256 385

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.4% of total population in Vedai village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Vedai village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 32.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 230 215 15
Cultivators 88 81 7
Agriculture Labourer 4 4 0
Household Industries 5 5 0
Other Workers 133 125 8
Marginal Workers 469 159 310
Non Working 667 332 335

Nearby Villages to Vedai,

Below are the list of villages near Vedai village in Bijbehara.

Village Population
Hati Gam 2,308
Dari Gund 1,318
Mahind 2,208
Beya Warah 2,553
Now Shehra 1,788
Khush Roi Kalan 2,547
Khiram 9,160
Katu 1,372
Sir Hama 5,960
Shiti Pora 487

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