# Batu Village, Tangmarg, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Tangmarg, Baramula 

# Batu

Batu is a village in Tangmarg sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **298 people in 43 households**, the 79th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 298people (2011)
- 43households
- 59.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Batu PIN code and other codes

Batu falls in Tangmarg sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatWara Pora
- Community development blockTangmarg
- Census village code002669

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

## How far is Batu from nearby towns?

- Tangmarg (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)42 km by road
- Tangmarg (nearest town)7 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 Batu?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Batu; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandilura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pattan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pattan
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 12 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 Batu known for?

The main crops are **apple**. Products made here include carpet. About 71% of the 58 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 Batu

Of every 100 households in Batu in 2011, 100 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Batu · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**12%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**67%

Television ****28%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****16%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Batu?

■ Batu · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**879

Working population ****27.5%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 45.0% for women. 53% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (6%) · **■** Other work 57 (70%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Tangmarg

- Posh Bag357 people
- Haipara341 people
- Bata Pora Sagri311 people
- Badi Pora300 people
- Dara Hama293 people
- Haripora288 people
- Imbarzal Bag275 people
- Gulbrag260 people

[All 96 villages in Tangmarg](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/tangmarg/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Batu from Baramulla?42 km by road
- What is the population of Batu?298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batu in?Baramula district (Tangmarg sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Batu?59.5% (Census 2011)