# Chatar Gam Village, Chadoora, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Chadoora, Badgam 

# Chatar Gam

Chatar Gam is a village in Chadoora sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **5,596 people in 670 households**, the 2nd largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 5,596people (2011)
- 670households
- 61.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Chatar Gam PIN code and other codes

Chatar Gam falls in Chadoora sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatChatergahm A B
- Community development blockB.K Pora
- Census village code000746

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

## How far is Chatar Gam from nearby towns?

- Chadoora (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)18 km by road
- Chadoora (nearest town)8 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 Chatar Gam?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Chatar Gam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · B.K.Pora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps 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 Chatar Gam known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 622 hectares of village land is sown, and 333 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 Chatar Gam

Of every 100 households in Chatar Gam in 2011, 97 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Chatar Gam · ■ Chadoora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**6%

Tap water ****69%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**65%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**80%

Use banking services ****64%**

**56%

Television ****79%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**7%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

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 Chatar Gam?

■ Chatar Gam · ■ Chadoora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**837

Working population ****36.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 50.0% for women. 44% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (2%) · **■** Household industry 97 (5%) · **■** Other work 493 (24%) · **■** Marginal 1,178 (58%)

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 Chadoora

- Brenwar6,551 people
- Sursyar5,479 people
- Chinar Bagh5,248 people
- Gogji Pathri4,373 people
- Dadom Pora4,286 people

[All 108 villages in Chadoora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/chadoora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chatar Gam from Budgam?18 km by road
- What is the population of Chatar Gam?5,596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chatar Gam in?Badgam district (Chadoora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chatar Gam?61.2% (Census 2011)
