# Kot Hair Village, Shangus, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Shangus, Anantnag 

# Kot Hair

Kot Hair is a village in Shangus sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192201**. The 2011 Census counted **3,593 people in 656 households**, the 5th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 3,593people (2011)
- 656households
- 62.2%literacy
- 192201PIN code

## Kot Hair PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kot Hair is 192201.** Kot Hair falls in Shangus sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code192201
- Gram panchayatKot Hair-A
- Community development blockShangus
- Census village code003762

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

## How far is Kot Hair from nearby towns?

- Shangus (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)14 km by road
- Shangus (nearest town)3 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 Kot Hair?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kot Hair; 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 · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Utrasu
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Utrasu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 3 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 Kot Hair known for?

The main crops are **maize, rice and pulses**. Products made here include carpet and blanket. About 74% of the 352 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Kot Hair

Of every 100 households in Kot Hair in 2011, 97 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kot Hair · ■ Shangus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**39%

Tap water ****9%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**88%

Use banking services ****90%**

**71%

Television ****56%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Kot Hair?

■ Kot Hair · ■ Shangus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**791

Working population ****28.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 50.7% for women. 42% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 315 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (4%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 341 (34%) · **■** Marginal 300 (30%)

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 Shangus

- Uttarsoo8,725 people
- Chhatar Gul6,345 people
- Nowgam Kothar5,682 people
- Chakil Pora4,052 people
- Reni Pora3,509 people
- Datho Nag Narin3,427 people
- Brah2,966 people
- Chera Pora2,754 people

[All 25 villages in Shangus](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/shangus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kot Hair?192201
- How far is Kot Hair from Anantnag?14 km by road
- What is the population of Kot Hair?3,593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kot Hair in?Anantnag district (Shangus sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kot Hair?62.2% (Census 2011)
