# Bashat Village, Chenani, Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Chenani, Udhampur 

# Bashat

Bashat is a village in Chenani sub-district of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **182141**. The 2011 Census counted **1,354 people in 243 households**, the 22nd largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 1,354people (2011)
- 243households
- 63.2%literacy
- 182141PIN code

## Bashat PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bashat is 182141.** Bashat falls in Chenani sub-district, Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code182141
- Gram panchayatBashat
- Community development blockChenani
- Census village code004989

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

## How far is Bashat from nearby towns?

- Chenani (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Udhampur (district HQ)34 km by road
- Chenani (nearest town)9 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 Bashat?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Bashat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chenani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Udhampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Udhampur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Bashat known for?

The main crops are **maize, wheat and mustard**. About 41% of the 248 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Bashat

Of every 100 households in Bashat in 2011, 88 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bashat · ■ Chenani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**96%

Tap water ****29%**

**54%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****79%**

**54%

Television ****41%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**30%

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 Bashat?

■ Bashat · ■ Chenani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**944

Working population ****51.3%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 51.3% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 235 (34%) · **■** Marginal 349 (50%)

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 Chenani

- Challyar1,655 people
- Ghantwal1,606 people
- Bain1,603 people
- Mutlea1,583 people
- Pachot1,264 people
- Sewna1,234 people
- Bachhal983 people
- Mantali983 people

[All 47 villages in Chenani](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/udhampur/chenani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bashat?182141
- How far is Bashat from Udhampur?34 km by road
- What is the population of Bashat?1,354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bashat in?Udhampur district (Chenani sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bashat?63.2% (Census 2011)