# Chaku Village, Pattan, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Pattan, Baramula 

# Chaku

Chaku is a village in Pattan sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,000 people in 125 households**, the 63rd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.3%.

- 1,000people (2011)
- 125households
- 35.6%literacy
- 792females per 1,000 males

## Chaku PIN code and other codes

Chaku falls in Pattan sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatSultan Pora Khai
- Community development blockPattan
- Census village code002323

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

## How far is Chaku from nearby towns?

- Pattan (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)20 km by road
- Pattan (nearest town)6 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 Chaku?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Pattan
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Pattan
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Pattan
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpet. About 63% of the 9 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Chaku

Of every 100 households in Chaku in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaku · ■ Pattan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

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

**83%

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

**13%

Tap water ****3%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**44%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****2%**

**59%

Television ****46%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**13%

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 Chaku?

■ Chaku · ■ Pattan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.6%**

**59.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****792**

**894

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****596**

**787

Working population ****21.6%**

**26.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 25.9% for women. 37% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (23%) · **■** Household industry 109 (50%) · **■** Other work 26 (12%) · **■** Marginal 10 (5%)

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 Pattan

- Gund Khawja Kasim1,086 people
- Pal Pora1,057 people
- Krishama1,047 people
- Hussan Abad1,044 people
- Mala Buchan995 people
- Chandera Seer970 people
- Sonim938 people
- Pochanag883 people

[All 95 villages in Pattan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/pattan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chaku from Baramulla?20 km by road
- What is the population of Chaku?1,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaku in?Baramula district (Pattan sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chaku?35.6% (Census 2011)