# Nawshehra Village, Bashohli, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Bashohli, Kathua 

# Nawshehra

Nawshehra is a village in Bashohli sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184202**. The 2011 Census counted **1,877 people in 384 households**, the 14th largest of 38 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.4%.

- 1,877people (2011)
- 384households
- 75.6%literacy
- 184202PIN code

## Nawshehra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Nawshehra is 184202.** Nawshehra falls in Bashohli sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184202
- Gram panchayatMohanpur A,Nowshera
- Community development blockBashohli
- Census village code001747

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

## How far is Nawshehra from nearby towns?

- Basohli (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)50 km by road
- Basohli (nearest town)30 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 Nawshehra?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Nawshehra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Basohli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Basohli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Basohli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 19 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 Nawshehra known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 30% of the 651 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 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 Nawshehra

Of every 100 households in Nawshehra in 2011, 98 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nawshehra · ■ Bashohli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**91%

Tap water ****74%**

**51%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**90%

Use banking services ****97%**

**74%

Television ****60%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**79%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**16%

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 Nawshehra?

■ Nawshehra · ■ Bashohli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**66.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**863

Working population ****25.1%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 66.3% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 267 (57%) · **■** Marginal 72 (15%)

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 Bashohli

- Thana2,323 people
- Janu2,217 people
- Sobar2,109 people
- Pathi1,949 people
- Athyalta1,751 people
- Rehn1,749 people
- Smahn1,702 people
- Ghoral1,648 people

[All 39 villages in Bashohli](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/bashohli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Nawshehra?184202
- How far is Nawshehra from Kathua?50 km by road
- What is the population of Nawshehra?1,877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nawshehra in?Kathua district (Bashohli sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Nawshehra?75.6% (Census 2011)