# Rakh Hushiari Village, Kathua, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kathua, Kathua 

# Rakh Hushiari

Rakh Hushiari is a village in Kathua sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184143**. The 2011 Census counted **1,941 people in 438 households**, the 13th largest of 163 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 1,941people (2011)
- 438households
- 85.3%literacy
- 184143PIN code

## Rakh Hushiari PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Rakh Hushiari is 184143.** Rakh Hushiari falls in Kathua sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184143
- Gram panchayatRakh Hushiari
- Community development blockBarnoti
- Census village code001793

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

## How far is Rakh Hushiari from nearby towns?

- Kathua (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)17 km by road
- Kathua (nearest town)17 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 Rakh Hushiari?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Rakh Hushiari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●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
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kathua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kathua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kathua
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ 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)10 h summer · 10 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 Rakh Hushiari known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 20% of the 1,004 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 Rakh Hushiari

Of every 100 households in Rakh Hushiari in 2011, 98 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 73 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Rakh Hushiari · ■ Kathua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**82%

Tap water ****97%**

**49%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****73%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**73%

Use banking services ****98%**

**73%

Television ****77%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

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

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Rakh Hushiari?

■ Rakh Hushiari · ■ Kathua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**873

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**798

Working population ****27.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 80.9% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 139 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 340 (63%) · **■** Marginal 59 (11%)

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 Kathua

- Changrah2,528 people
- Bhorthain2,508 people
- Jakhbar2,504 people
- Trihara2,122 people
- Logate1,928 people
- Bandrahr1,917 people
- Merth1,795 people
- Keerian1,785 people

[All 171 villages in Kathua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/kathua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rakh Hushiari?184143
- How far is Rakh Hushiari from Kathua?17 km by road
- What is the population of Rakh Hushiari?1,941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakh Hushiari in?Kathua district (Kathua sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Rakh Hushiari?85.3% (Census 2011)