# Kachri Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Kachri

Kachri is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193302**. The 2011 Census counted **426 people in 60 households**, the 168th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 426people (2011)
- 60households
- 73.5%literacy
- 193302PIN code

## Kachri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kachri is 193302.** Kachri falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193302
- Gram panchayatUnisoo
- Community development blockLanget
- Census village code000184

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

## How far is Kachri from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)25 km by road
- Handwara (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 Kachri?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Handwara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Handwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 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 Kachri known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 87% of the 64 hectares of village land is sown, and 42 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 Kachri

Of every 100 households in Kachri in 2011, 100 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Kachri · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**36%

Tap water ****57%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****76%**

**59%

Television ****33%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**19%

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 Kachri?

■ Kachri · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**899

Working population ****27.2%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 62.8% for women. 50% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 23 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (47%) · **■** Other work 39 (34%)

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 Handwara

- Nihama438 people
- Tuli Gund438 people
- Mala Bagh433 people
- Lal Bug430 people
- Gund Razak419 people
- Mangwal Pora415 people
- Khana Gund395 people
- Bahadar Pora393 people

[All 199 villages in Handwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kachri?193302
- How far is Kachri from Kupwara?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kachri?426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachri in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kachri?73.5% (Census 2011)