# Pach Kote Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Pach Kote

Pach Kote is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193224**. The 2011 Census counted **1,272 people in 170 households**, the 79th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,272people (2011)
- 170households
- 74.4%literacy
- 193224PIN code

## Pach Kote PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pach Kote is 193224.** Pach Kote falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193224
- Gram panchayatPach Kote
- Community development blockRamhal
- Census village code000139

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

## How far is Pach Kote from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)25 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)25 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 Pach Kote?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pach Kote; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Willigam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Pach Kote known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. About 83% of the 169 hectares of village land is sown, and 125 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 Pach Kote

Of every 100 households in Pach Kote in 2011, 99 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Pach Kote · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**36%

Tap water ****69%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**24%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**59%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**19%

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 Pach Kote?

■ Pach Kote · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**899

Working population ****20.2%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 61.7% for women. 35% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 76 (30%) · **■** Marginal 176 (68%)

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

- Bicherwari1,304 people
- Turka Pora1,303 people
- Treach1,294 people
- Hangni Kot1,287 people
- Hardunu1,268 people
- Mundi Gam1,267 people
- Krum Hoora1,261 people
- Kuhru1,258 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pach Kote?193224
- How far is Pach Kote from Kupwara?25 km by road
- What is the population of Pach Kote?1,272 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pach Kote in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Pach Kote?74.4% (Census 2011)
