# Ogje Balan Village, Shangus, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Shangus, Anantnag 

# Ogje Balan

Ogje Balan is a village in Shangus sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **192201**. The 2011 Census counted **793 people in 134 households**, the 24th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 793people (2011)
- 134households
- 72.9%literacy
- 192201PIN code

## Ogje Balan PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code192201
- Gram panchayatOgjibala-A
- Community development blockShangus
- Census village code003763

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

## How far is Ogje Balan from nearby towns?

- Shangus (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)2 km by road
- Shangus (nearest town)2 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 Ogje Balan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ogje Balan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shangus
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Utrasu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Ogje Balan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, pulse, maiza and wheat**. Products made here include blanket. About 78% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Ogje Balan

Of every 100 households in Ogje Balan in 2011, 96 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ogje Balan · ■ Shangus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**39%

Tap water ****1%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****92%**

**71%

Television ****54%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ogje Balan?

■ Ogje Balan · ■ Shangus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**791

Working population ****22.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 62.1% for women. 40% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (60%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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

- Van Gam1,378 people
- Samb Rana1,077 people
- Sheikh Gund970 people
- Tunj Mulla857 people
- Thim Ran431 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ogje Balan?192201
- How far is Ogje Balan from Anantnag?2 km by road
- What is the population of Ogje Balan?793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ogje Balan in?Anantnag district (Shangus sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Ogje Balan?72.9% (Census 2011)