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

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Padal

Padal is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184144**. The 2011 Census counted **964 people in 184 households**, the 35th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 964people (2011)
- 184households
- 71.6%literacy
- 184144PIN code

## Padal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Padal is 184144.** Padal falls in Hiranagar sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184144
- Gram panchayatHaripur
- Community development blockHiranagar
- Census village code002109

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

## How far is Padal from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)35 km by road
- Hiranagar (nearest town)8 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 Padal?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Padal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hiranagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Hiranagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Padal known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 90% of the 100 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 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 Padal

Of every 100 households in Padal in 2011, 96 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 43 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Padal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**97%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****43%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**63%

Use banking services ****88%**

**87%

Television ****59%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**27%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****17%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Padal?

■ Padal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**765

Working population ****24.9%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 63.0% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 28 (12%) · **■** Other work 105 (44%) · **■** Marginal 21 (9%)

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

- Gara1,043 people
- Katal Brahmanan1,019 people
- Dhaloti1,010 people
- Gurah Mehtian984 people
- Chak Diyalla943 people
- Chak Desa Choudharian938 people
- Loundhi931 people
- Said931 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Padal?184144
- How far is Padal from Kathua?35 km by road
- What is the population of Padal?964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padal in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Padal?71.6% (Census 2011)