# Batsurgam Village, Kulgam, Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kulgam, Kulgam 

# Batsurgam

Batsurgam is a village in Kulgam sub-district of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **72 people in 14 households**, the 160th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.8%.

- 72people (2011)
- 14households
- 67.8%literacy
- 800females per 1,000 males

## Batsurgam PIN code and other codes

Batsurgam falls in Kulgam sub-district, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatShaligang
- Community development blockKulgam
- Census village code003959

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

## How far is Batsurgam from nearby towns?

- Kulgam (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kulgam (district HQ)5 km by road
- Kulgam (nearest town)5 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 Batsurgam?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Batsurgam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Qazigund
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kulgam
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kulgam
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chawlgam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 5 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 Batsurgam known for?

About 68% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Batsurgam

Of every 100 households in Batsurgam in 2011, 100 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Batsurgam · ■ Kulgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**45%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**52%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**14%

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 Batsurgam?

■ Batsurgam · ■ Kulgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**60.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****800**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****444**

**886

Working population ****55.6%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 57.1% for women. 55% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (10%) · **■** Other work 9 (22%) · **■** Marginal 15 (38%)

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 Kulgam

- Bata Pora Vailoo152 people
- Kot Brari131 people
- Kala Pora124 people
- Partab Pora96 people
- Wawri Pora.68 people

[All 163 villages in Kulgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kulgam/kulgam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Batsurgam from Kulgam?5 km by road
- What is the population of Batsurgam?72 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batsurgam in?Kulgam district (Kulgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Batsurgam?67.8% (Census 2011)