Village · Akhnoor, Jammu
# Bandral Khurd

Bandral Khurd is a village in Akhnoor sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code 181201. The 2011 Census counted 967 people in 209 households, the 82nd largest of 207 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.
- 967 people (2011)
- 209 households
- 78.0% literacy
- 181201 PIN code

## Bandral Khurd PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Bandral Khurd is 181201. Bandral Khurd falls in Akhnoor sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- PIN code 181201
- Gram panchayat Barda Kalan
- Community development block Akhnoor
- Census village code 005459

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Bandral Khurd from nearby towns?
- Akhnoor (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Jammu (district HQ) 40 km by road
- Akhnoor (nearest town) 12 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Bandral Khurd?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chowki
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Akhnoor
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jammu
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 7 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bandral Khurd known for?

The main crops are wheat, paddy and maize. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 5% of the 1,744 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Bandral Khurd

Of every 100 households in Bandral Khurd in 2011, 98 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bandral Khurd · ■ Akhnoor rural average
- Electricity for lighting 98% 96%
- Toilet within the home 2% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 85%
- Tap water 4% 46%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 47%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 32%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 66%
- Use banking services 24% 78%
- Television 10% 58%
- Mobile phone 63% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 17%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 29% 23%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bandral Khurd?

■ Bandral Khurd · ■ Akhnoor rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.0% 76.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 852 918
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 726 785
- Working population 39.0% 32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 67.0% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 146 (39%) · ■ Farm labourers 86 (23%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 106 (28%) · ■ Marginal 38 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Akhnoor
- Hardo Malwara 1,017 people
- Jowana Bela 1,001 people
- Pian 990 people
- Nandwal 988 people
- Chak Raja 963 people
- Kalah 958 people
- Sangani 946 people
- Dana 945 people

All 226 villages in Akhnoor

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Bandral Khurd? 181201
- How far is Bandral Khurd from Jammu? 40 km by road
- What is the population of Bandral Khurd? 967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandral Khurd in? Jammu district (Akhnoor sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bandral Khurd? 78.0% (Census 2011)

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