# Khai Yar Village, Pahalgam, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Pahalgam, Anantnag 

# Khai Yar

Khai Yar is a village in Pahalgam sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,247 people in 397 households**, the 12th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.3%.

- 2,247people (2011)
- 397households
- 53.5%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Khai Yar PIN code and other codes

Khai Yar falls in Pahalgam sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKhai Yar
- Community development blockKavnipora
- Census village code003567

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

## How far is Khai Yar from nearby towns?

- Pahalgam (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)20 km by road
- Seer (nearest town)12 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 Khai Yar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Khai Yar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mattan
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Seer
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 4 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 Khai Yar known for?

The main crops are **walnut**. Products made here include chain stich. About 58% of the 244 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 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 Khai Yar

Of every 100 households in Khai Yar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Khai Yar · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**62%

Tap water ****84%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****68%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****36%**

**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 Khai Yar?

■ Khai Yar · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**49.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**916

Working population ****42.9%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 43.2% for women. 47% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 123 (13%) · **■** Marginal 646 (67%)

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

- Lewar2,903 people
- Bot-Kote2,876 people
- Logri Pora2,524 people
- Amar Wagar2,313 people
- Siri Gofwara2,233 people
- Lari Pora2,216 people
- Ainu Brai2,213 people
- Lehan Dajan2,086 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Khai Yar from Anantnag?20 km by road
- What is the population of Khai Yar?2,247 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khai Yar in?Anantnag district (Pahalgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Khai Yar?53.5% (Census 2011)
