# Barmal Village, Hiranagar, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Barmal

Barmal is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184142**. The 2011 Census counted **199 people in 46 households**, the 160th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 199people (2011)
- 46households
- 90.4%literacy
- 184142PIN code

## Barmal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Barmal is 184142.** Barmal falls in Hiranagar sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184142
- Gram panchayatPathwal
- Community development blockHiranagar
- Census village code002043

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

## How far is Barmal from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hiranagar (nearest town)3 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 Barmal?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Barmal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hiranagar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hiranagar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Hiranagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Barmal known for?

The main crops are **mazie, wheat and paddy**. About 72% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 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 Barmal

Of every 100 households in Barmal in 2011, 100 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 52 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barmal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****91%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****52%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**63%

Use banking services ****80%**

**87%

Television ****74%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****15%**

**11%

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 Barmal?

■ Barmal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**765

Working population ****25.1%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 86.2% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (64%) · **■** Marginal 17 (34%)

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 Hiranagar

- Balahn Pain213 people
- Khatriyal208 people
- Khurar206 people
- Koper201 people
- Chak Changa196 people
- Malwan180 people
- Chak Jangi176 people
- Chak Dhari157 people

[All 203 villages in Hiranagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/hiranagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Barmal?184142
- How far is Barmal from Kathua?30 km by road
- What is the population of Barmal?199 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barmal in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Barmal?90.4% (Census 2011)