# Rakh Arath Village, Budgam, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Budgam, Badgam 

# Rakh Arath

Rakh Arath is a village in Budgam sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 63 households**, the 71st largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.

- 434people (2011)
- 63households
- 63.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Rakh Arath PIN code and other codes

Rakh Arath falls in Budgam sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatArath
- Community development blockBudgam
- Census village code000623

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

## How far is Rakh Arath from nearby towns?

- Budgam (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)14 km by road
- Badgam (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 Rakh Arath?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Wadoora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Budgam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Budgam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 10 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 Rakh Arath known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 32% of the 2,109 hectares of village land is sown, and 605 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 Rakh Arath

Of every 100 households in Rakh Arath in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rakh Arath · ■ Budgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**13%

Tap water ****47%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**83%

Use banking services ****0%**

**50%

Television ****65%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rakh Arath?

■ Rakh Arath · ■ Budgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**54.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**883

Working population ****18.0%**

**24.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 59.0% for women. 28% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (17%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 18 (23%)

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 Budgam

- Dof Pora476 people
- Shoga Pora466 people
- Mira Gund440 people
- Banday Bagh437 people
- Chowderi Bagh403 people
- Hayat Pora381 people
- Sunar Gund380 people
- Retni Pora375 people

[All 97 villages in Budgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/budgam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Rakh Arath from Budgam?14 km by road
- What is the population of Rakh Arath?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakh Arath in?Badgam district (Budgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Rakh Arath?63.5% (Census 2011)