Khour
Khour is a town in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Block Development Council of Jammu district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Khour is 7.8 thousands out of which 4 thousands are males and rest 3.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 959 females per 1000 males. There are around 848 teenagers in Khour. It has literacy rate of 72% which means around 5.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.9 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 32 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 1.8 thousands households in Khour, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 2.6 thousands.
Schools
Khour has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Ghss Khour
- Jagriti Shik Kender Higher Secondary School Khour
- Higher Secondary School Pallanwala
- Gandhi Memorial High School Sehar
- Higher Secondary School Kharah
Khour Block Development Council
Khour Block Development Council consists of total 20 Halqa Panchayat.