Kathua is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Kathua district, and there are total 512 villages and 10 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kathua district is 7 and number of houses in this district is 103256.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 534597. Out of total 534597, male population count is 282347, where as female population count is 252250 in Kathua.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 75469 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 75469 children 41134 are boys and 34335 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kathua district is 60%. 325642 out of total 534597 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 68% and 192922 males are literate out of total 282347 male population, where as female literacy rate is 47% and 132720 out of total 252250 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kathua district is 39%. 208955 out of total 534597 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 31% and 89425 males are illiterate out of total 282347 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 47% and 119530 out of total 252250 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kathua district is 175056 and non-working population is 359541 and out of 175056 working population 45296 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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