# Bras Village, Khansahib, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Khansahib, Badgam 

# Bras

Bras is a village in Khansahib sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 168 households**, the 32nd largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.3%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 168households
- 56.2%literacy
- 788females per 1,000 males

## Bras PIN code and other codes

Bras falls in Khansahib sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatYarikah
- Community development blockKhansahib
- Census village code000541

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

## How far is Bras from nearby towns?

- Khansahib (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)34 km by road
- Khansahib (nearest town)30 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 Bras?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bras; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Beerwah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Budgam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Budgam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Bras known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 142 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Bras

Of every 100 households in Bras in 2011, 43 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bras · ■ Khansahib rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**14%

Tap water ****22%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**40%

Television ****11%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

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 Bras?

■ Bras · ■ Khansahib rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**50.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****788**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**884

Working population ****21.1%**

**22.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 43.0% for women. 28% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 65 (23%) · **■** Other work 114 (41%) · **■** Marginal 17 (6%)

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 Khansahib

- Chil1,634 people
- Kech Razgir1,547 people
- Frasta War1,339 people
- Kula Bug1,329 people
- Lanura1,325 people
- Bander Pora1,236 people
- Krale New1,158 people
- Ring Zabal1,124 people

[All 99 villages in Khansahib](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/khansahib/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bras from Budgam?34 km by road
- What is the population of Bras?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bras in?Badgam district (Khansahib sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bras?56.2% (Census 2011)