# Kathsu Village, Pahalgam, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Pahalgam, Anantnag 

# Kathsu

Kathsu is a village in Pahalgam sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192401**. The 2011 Census counted **3,516 people in 494 households**, the 5th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.3%.

- 3,516people (2011)
- 494households
- 58.2%literacy
- 192401PIN code

## Kathsu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kathsu is 192401.** Kathsu falls in Pahalgam sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code192401
- Gram panchayatKathsu
- Community development blockDachanipora
- Census village code003553

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kathsu from nearby towns?

- Pahalgam (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)21 km by road
- Beijbehara (nearest town)14 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kathsu?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kathsu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saller
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bijbihara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bijbihara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kathsu known for?

The main crops are **walnut**. Products made here include carpet. About 70% of the 335 hectares of village land is sown, and 155 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kathsu

Of every 100 households in Kathsu in 2011, 52 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kathsu · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**62%

Tap water ****62%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****63%**

**62%

Television ****39%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kathsu?

■ Kathsu · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**49.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**916

Working population ****24.5%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 46.3% for women. 33% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (10%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (22%) · **■** Marginal 434 (50%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pahalgam

- Forest Block9,402 people
- Salar9,151 people
- Hapat Nar4,060 people
- Kular4,052 people
- Hardu Kithal Sofi Pora3,127 people
- Chatrasoo Badroo3,007 people
- Lewar2,903 people
- Bot-Kote2,876 people

[All 66 villages in Pahalgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/pahalgam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kathsu?192401
- How far is Kathsu from Anantnag?21 km by road
- What is the population of Kathsu?3,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathsu in?Anantnag district (Pahalgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kathsu?58.2% (Census 2011)
