# Watlab Village, Sopore, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Sopore, Baramula 

# Watlab

Watlab is a village in Sopore sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193201**. The 2011 Census counted **2,164 people in 325 households**, the 25th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,164people (2011)
- 325households
- 64.9%literacy
- 193201PIN code

## Watlab PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Watlab is 193201.** Watlab falls in Sopore sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193201
- Gram panchayatWatlab
- Community development blockZaingeer
- Census village code002189

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

## How far is Watlab from nearby towns?

- Sopore (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)25 km by road
- Sopore (nearest town)10 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 Watlab?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Sopore
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sopore
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sopore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Watlab known for?

The main crops are **apple**. Products made here include carpet. About 58% of the 277 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 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 Watlab

Of every 100 households in Watlab in 2011, 99 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Watlab · ■ Sopore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**10%

Tap water ****88%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**55%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****94%**

**68%

Television ****56%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**7%

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

**9%

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 Watlab?

■ Watlab · ■ Sopore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**914

Working population ****27.9%**

**26.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 53.6% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (14%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 169 (28%) · **■** Marginal 230 (38%)

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 Sopore

- Brat2,666 people
- Wagul2,618 people
- Janwara2,462 people
- Gund Brat2,457 people
- Mala Mapan Pora2,115 people
- Gori Pora Dara Pora2,064 people
- Dara Nambal2,028 people
- Rakh Haigam2,016 people

[All 58 villages in Sopore](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/sopore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Watlab?193201
- How far is Watlab from Baramulla?25 km by road
- What is the population of Watlab?2,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Watlab in?Baramula district (Sopore sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Watlab?64.9% (Census 2011)
