# Kachumuqam Village, Kreeri, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kreeri, Baramula 

# Kachumuqam

Kachumuqam is a village in Kreeri sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193101**. The 2011 Census counted **3,448 people in 604 households**, the 3rd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.9%.

- 3,448people (2011)
- 604households
- 65.4%literacy
- 193101PIN code

## Kachumuqam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kachumuqam is 193101.** Kachumuqam falls in Kreeri sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193101
- Gram panchayatKachumuqam
- Community development blockWagura
- Census village code002484

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

## How far is Kachumuqam from nearby towns?

- Kreeri (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)26 km by road
- Baramulla (nearest town)26 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 Kachumuqam?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kachumuqam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 7 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Kachumuqam known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and wheat**. Products made here include carpet. About 84% of the 455 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Kachumuqam

Of every 100 households in Kachumuqam in 2011, 98 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kachumuqam · ■ Kreeri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**28%

Tap water ****94%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****66%**

**53%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Kachumuqam?

■ Kachumuqam · ■ Kreeri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**61.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**886

Working population ****23.0%**

**25.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 54.4% for women. 42% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 300 (38%) · **■** Marginal 371 (47%)

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 Kreeri

- Kreri3,920 people
- Chandusa3,884 people
- Reshi Pora3,194 people
- Forest Block2,974 people
- Wagura2,829 people
- Wizar2,431 people

[All 50 villages in Kreeri](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/kreeri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kachumuqam?193101
- How far is Kachumuqam from Baramulla?26 km by road
- What is the population of Kachumuqam?3,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachumuqam in?Baramula district (Kreeri sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kachumuqam?65.4% (Census 2011)
