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

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Kariyara

Kariyara is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184142**. The 2011 Census counted **287 people in 58 households**, the 134th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 287people (2011)
- 58households
- 85.5%literacy
- 184142PIN code

## Kariyara PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code184142
- Gram panchayatPathwal
- Community development blockHiranagar
- Census village code002042

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

## How far is Kariyara from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)0 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)26 km by road
- Hiranagar (nearest town)0 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 Kariyara?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hiranagar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Hiranagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 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, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Kariyara known for?

The main crops are **maize, wheat and paddy**. About 54% of the 50 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Kariyara

Of every 100 households in Kariyara in 2011, 100 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 75 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 58 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kariyara · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**78%

Tap water ****100%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****75%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**63%

Use banking services ****100%**

**87%

Television ****81%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****58%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**4%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Kariyara?

■ Kariyara · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****632**

**765

Working population ****20.6%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 78.8% for women. 36% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (12%) · **■** Other work 42 (71%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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

- Khandwal300 people
- Chak Wazir Chand296 people
- Chan Tanda292 people
- Wand Manhas289 people
- Chak Charakh282 people
- Krohl Buddu282 people
- Pansar274 people
- Rampur274 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kariyara?184142
- How far is Kariyara from Kathua?26 km by road
- What is the population of Kariyara?287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kariyara in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kariyara?85.5% (Census 2011)
