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

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Village · Kreeri, Baramula 

# Kakuthal

Kakuthal is a village in Kreeri sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,300 people in 201 households**, the 18th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.9%.

- 1,300people (2011)
- 201households
- 65.5%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Kakuthal PIN code and other codes

Kakuthal falls in Kreeri sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKakuthal
- Community development blockWagura
- Census village code002491

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

## How far is Kakuthal from nearby towns?

- Kreeri (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)35 km by road
- Baramulla (nearest town)35 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 Kakuthal?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kakuthal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 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 · Baramulla
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated 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 Kakuthal known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpet. About 72% of the 193 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Kakuthal

Of every 100 households in Kakuthal in 2011, 86 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kakuthal · ■ Kreeri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**28%

Tap water ****31%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**37%

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

**8%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**53%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Kakuthal?

■ Kakuthal · ■ Kreeri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**61.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****735**

**886

Working population ****25.8%**

**25.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 53.3% for women. 48% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (17%) · **■** Marginal 271 (81%)

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

- Dawlat Pora1,546 people
- Kalantra Pain1,494 people
- Doli Pora1,316 people
- Kalantra Bala1,314 people
- Shera Pora Gugaran1,289 people
- Shumlaran1,276 people
- Duda Bug1,274 people
- Sulta Pora Kandi1,209 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kakuthal from Baramulla?35 km by road
- What is the population of Kakuthal?1,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakuthal in?Baramula district (Kreeri sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kakuthal?65.5% (Census 2011)