# Chak Skandar Village, Akhnoor, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/akhnoor/chak-skandar/ Village · Akhnoor, Jammu # Chak Skandar Chak Skandar is a village in Akhnoor sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181206**. The 2011 Census counted **248 people in 50 households**, the 180th largest of 207 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%. - 248people (2011) - 50households - 76.4%literacy - 181206PIN code ## Chak Skandar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Chak Skandar is 181206.** Chak Skandar falls in Akhnoor sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code181206 - Gram panchayatBandwal - Community development blockAkhnoor - Census village code005585 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Chak Skandar from nearby towns? - Akhnoor (sub-district HQ)20 km by road - Jammu (district HQ)148 km by road - Jourian (nearest town)4 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 Chak Skandar? 7 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Skandar; 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 - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jourian - ○Degree college10+ km · Askhnoor - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jammu - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps - Electricity (2011)10 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 Chak Skandar known for? The main crops are **wheat and paddy**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 80% of the 66 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 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 Chak Skandar Of every 100 households in Chak Skandar in 2011, 100 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 6 a car. ■ Chak Skandar · ■ Akhnoor rural average Electricity for lighting ****100%** **96% Toilet within the home ****2%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****98%** **85% Tap water ****0%** **46% Drinking water within premises ****92%** **47% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%** **32% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%** **66% Use banking services ****56%** **78% Television ****50%** **58% Mobile phone ****20%** **57% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****34%** **17% Car / jeep / van ****6%** **3% None of these assets ****40%** **23% 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 Chak Skandar? ■ Chak Skandar · ■ Akhnoor rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%** **76.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067** **918 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286** **785 Working population ****19.0%** **32.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 84.0% for men and 69.1% for women. 36% of men and 3% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 3 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 12 (26%) · **■** Marginal 29 (62%) 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 Akhnoor - Magial Abtara270 people - Tulgaru269 people - Kharota264 people - Adgan261 people - Phagal248 people - Nara242 people - Marchanji237 people - Bargal Khurd235 people [All 226 villages in Akhnoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/akhnoor/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Chak Skandar?181206 - How far is Chak Skandar from Jammu?148 km by road - What is the population of Chak Skandar?248 (Census 2011) - Which district is Chak Skandar in?Jammu district (Akhnoor sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Chak Skandar?76.4% (Census 2011)