# Bafliaz Village, Surankote, Punch (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Surankote, Punch 

# Bafliaz

Bafliaz is a village in Surankote sub-district of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **185121**. The 2011 Census counted **6,294 people in 1,117 households**, the 4th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 6,294people (2011)
- 1,117households
- 64.4%literacy
- 185121PIN code

## Bafliaz PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bafliaz is 185121.** Bafliaz falls in Surankote sub-district, Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code185121
- Gram panchayatBafliaz
- Community development blockBuffliaze
- Census village code001264

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

## How far is Bafliaz from nearby towns?

- Punch (district HQ)38 km by road
- Surankote (nearest town)38 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 Bafliaz?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Bafliaz; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 4 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 9 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 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
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Punch
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rajouri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 14 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 Bafliaz known for?

The main crops are **maize, wheat and paddy**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil and nil. About 13% of the 1,913 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Bafliaz

Of every 100 households in Bafliaz in 2011, 83 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bafliaz · ■ Surankote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**86%

Tap water ****45%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****66%**

**61%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**36%

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 Bafliaz?

■ Bafliaz · ■ Surankote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**892

Working population ****25.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 51.7% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 351 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,100 (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 Surankote

- Fazal Abad8,044 people
- Marhote7,968 people
- Hari7,955 people
- Sanei5,821 people
- Daraba5,426 people
- Sangla5,159 people
- Mohra Bachhai4,606 people

[All 34 villages in Surankote](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/punch/surankote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bafliaz?185121
- How far is Bafliaz from Punch?38 km by road
- What is the population of Bafliaz?6,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bafliaz in?Punch district (Surankote sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bafliaz?64.4% (Census 2011)
