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SEC Jammu and Kashmir to hold high-level meeting with DEOs ahead of local body elections
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- LGD code
- 5916
- Pincode
- 180003
- Post office
- Jammu Cantt
- Population
- 902
- Households
- 186
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Sex ratio
- 860 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 389
Census 2011 · in context
How Sum compares
By population, Sum ranks #5 of 48 villages in Mandal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.7%
+5.1% vs mandal average
- Sum
- 69.7%
- Mandal mandal
- 64.6%
- Jammu district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
860
−44 vs mandal average
- Sum
- 860
- Mandal mandal
- 904
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Sum
- 4.8
- Mandal mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sum at a glance
Sum is a village of 902 people in 186 households (Census 2011) in Mandal tehsil, Jammu district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 5th-largest of 48 villages in Mandal tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 860 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 180003, served by Jammu Cantt post office; the LGD village code is 5916. The village votes in Bhadarwah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh. The population is estimated at 1,063 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sum →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum · this village | 902 | 70% | — |
| Top Manhasan · Mandal | 725 | 82% | — |
| Chak Malka · Mandal | 540 | 59% | — |
| Chak Sardar Desa Singh · Mandal | 515 | 70% | — |
| Khalian · Mandal | 497 | 65% | — |
| Lachmanpura · Mandal | 457 | 68% | — |
| Jawalapuri · Mandal | 282 | 68% | — |
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Notice board · Sum
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sum
- LGD code
- 5916
- Pincode
- 180003
- Post office
- Jammu Cantt
- Population (Census 2011)
- 902
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,063
- Households
- 186
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 860
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Udhampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhadarwah
- Member of Parliament
- Jitendra Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Mandal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 180003
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Sum
Other villages in Mandal mandal
View all 47+ →- Makwal
- Sohanjana
- Parladpur
- Mandal
- Chak Sure
- Alora
- Kirpalpur Charkan
- Chak Bure
- Top Manhasan
- Ram Bagh
- Chak Gandu
- Thalwal
- Muradpur
- Sampuranpur Kullian
- Chak Ganeshu
- Bramuli
- Chak Malka
- Chak Sardar Desa Singh
- Khalian
- Kalwal
- Lachmanpura
- Tiku Teda
- Chak Lalu Shah
- Chak Banotray
- Chak Gosain
- Chak Sardar Attar Singh
- Chak Alam
- Teda
- Channi Nanak
- Jawalapuri
- Mukhra
- Danga
- Chak Bhoopat
- Dhundpur
- Nandpur Rakwalan
- Chak Nowaday
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)