# Chater Gul Village, Kangan, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kangan, Ganderbal 

# Chater Gul

Chater Gul is a village in Kangan sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **7,641 people in 1,202 households**, the 2nd largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 7,641people (2011)
- 1,202households
- 50.4%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Chater Gul PIN code and other codes

Chater Gul falls in Kangan sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatChater Gul A B C
- Community development blockKangan
- Census village code002889

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

## How far is Chater Gul from nearby towns?

- Kangan (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Ganderbal (district HQ)10 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)28 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 Chater Gul?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Chater Gul; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 8 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gadarbal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaderbal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- 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 Chater Gul known for?

About 61% of the 566 hectares of village land is sown, and 286 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 Chater Gul

Of every 100 households in Chater Gul in 2011, 78 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chater Gul · ■ Kangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**43%

Tap water ****77%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**45%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chater Gul?

■ Chater Gul · ■ Kangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.4%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**877

Working population ****25.9%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.4% for men and 41.5% for women. 39% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (8%) · **■** Household industry 40 (2%) · **■** Other work 445 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,115 (56%)

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 Kangan

- Forest Block14,975 people
- Hari Ganiwan6,699 people
- Wangat6,616 people
- Kangan5,985 people
- Wossan4,810 people

[All 42 villages in Kangan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/kangan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chater Gul from Ganderbal?10 km by road
- What is the population of Chater Gul?7,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chater Gul in?Ganderbal district (Kangan sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chater Gul?50.4% (Census 2011)
