Table 1 The demographic composition of the informants

Gender of informants

Male

66

54.77

Female

55

45.23

Age of informants

25 to 45

26

20.60

46 to 65

49

39.66

Above 65

46

37.19

Marital status

Married

95

78.51

Unmarried

21

17.35

Widow

5

4.13

Education status

Illiterate

59

48.76

Secondary school

23

19.00

College

26

21.48

University

13

10.74

Employment status

Farmer

27

22.31

Shepherd

34

28.09

Other

60

49.58

Ethnic group

Sudhan

82

67.76

Gujar

19

15.70

Others

20

30.37

Language

Pahari

114

94.21

Gojri

4

3.30

Kashmiri

3

2.47