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

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Saniyal

Saniyal is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184144**. The 2011 Census counted **686 people in 128 households**, the 63rd largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 686people (2011)
- 128households
- 85.4%literacy
- 184144PIN code

## Saniyal PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code184144
- Gram panchayatJandi
- Community development blockHiranagar
- Census village code002091

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

## How far is Saniyal from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hiranagar (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 Saniyal?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Saniyal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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 station5–10 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 watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 16 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 Saniyal known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 73% of the 75 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Saniyal

Of every 100 households in Saniyal in 2011, 95 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 72 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 37 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Saniyal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**97%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****30%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****72%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**63%

Use banking services ****98%**

**87%

Television ****91%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****37%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saniyal?

■ Saniyal · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**765

Working population ****31.2%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 76.6% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (12%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (46%) · **■** Marginal 86 (40%)

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

- Sanjwan725 people
- Mandleyal718 people
- Chak Bannun700 people
- Sahllan690 people
- Gurah Baildaran681 people
- Gehr674 people
- Bakhrak672 people
- Bandhor671 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Saniyal?184144
- How far is Saniyal from Kathua?30 km by road
- What is the population of Saniyal?686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saniyal in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Saniyal?85.4% (Census 2011)
