Khag Tahsil, with population of about 68 thousand is Badgam district's the 2nd least populous sub district, located in Badgam district of the state Jammu & Kashmir in India. There are 49 villages in the sub district, among them Khag is the most populous village with population of 6663 and Abandar is the least populous village with population of 233. Khag is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 6 km2 and Abandar is the smallest with 0 km2.
Demographics
The sub district is home to about 68 thousand people, among them about 34 thousand (51%) are male and about 33 thousand (49%) are female. 97% of the whole population are from general caste, 0% are from schedule caste and 3% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Khag tahsil is 20%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 8799 households in the sub district and an average 8 persons live in every family.
100% population of Khag tahsil live in the Khag Sub District rural part.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
67,596 |
65,355 |
16 |
2,225 |
13,568 |
| Male |
34,457 |
33,315 |
8 |
1,134 |
7,024 |
| Female |
33,139 |
32,040 |
8 |
1,091 |
6,544 |
Religion wise distribution of population
Muslims contribute 98% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Sikhs which contribute 1% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Muslims are 963 in Sikhs are 929.
|
Total |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not Stated |
| Total |
67,596 |
105 |
66,373 |
95 |
999 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
| Male |
34,457 |
59 |
33,809 |
54 |
518 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| Female |
33,139 |
46 |
32,564 |
41 |
481 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has decreased by -21.5% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 86 thousand. Female population growth rate of the sub district is -20% which is 2.9% higher than male population growth rate of -22.9%. General caste population has decreased by -22.5%; Schedule caste population has increased by 60%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 28.3% and child population has increased by 0.4% in the sub district since last census.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
-21.5% |
-22.5% |
60% |
28.3% |
0.4% |
| Male |
-22.9% |
-23.9% |
-20% |
24.5% |
4.1% |
| Female |
-20% |
-21.1% |
0% |
32.6% |
-3.3% |
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 962 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 962, in schedule caste is 1000 and in schedule tribe is 962. There are 932 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 35 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 71 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
|
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
Child |
| Change |
35 |
34 |
1000 |
59 |
-71 |
| 2011 |
962 |
962 |
1000 |
962 |
932 |
| 2001 |
927 |
928 |
0 |
903 |
1003 |
Literacy
Total about 26 thousand people in the sub district are literate, among them about 15 thousand are male and about 10 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Khag is 48%. 56% of male and 39% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 4%. Male literacy has gone down by 0% and female literacy rate has gone up by 9%.
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Change |
4.1% |
0.0% |
9.2% |
| 2011 |
47.9% |
56.3% |
39.3% |
| 2001 |
43.8% |
56.3% |
30.1% |
Workers profile
Khag has 24% (about 16 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 38% male and 10% female population are working population. 30% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 8% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 5% of total female population are main and 4% are marginal workers.
|
Worker (Among total population) |
Main Worker (Among workers) |
Marginal Worker (Among workers) |
Non Worker (Among total population) |
| Total |
24.3% |
18% |
6.3% |
75.7% |
| Male |
38.5% |
30.1% |
8.4% |
61.5% |
| Female |
9.6% |
5.4% |
4.2% |
90.4% |