# Kathar Village, Jalandhar - I, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Jalandhar - I, Jalandhar 

# Kathar

Kathar is a village in Jalandhar - I sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144106**. The 2011 Census counted **1,134 people in 274 households**, the 63rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.4%.

- 1,134people (2011)
- 274households
- 81.7%literacy
- 144106PIN code

## Kathar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kathar is 144106.** Kathar falls in Jalandhar - I sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144106
- Gram panchayatKathar
- Community development blockAdampur
- Census village code030296

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

## How far is Kathar from nearby towns?

- Jalandhar - I (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)22 km by road
- Adampur (nearest town)4 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 Kathar?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Kathar; 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 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Adampur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Adampur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Mohamadpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Kathar known for?

The main crops are **sugarcane, sun flower and wheat**. About 66% of the 190 hectares of village land is sown, and 126 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 Kathar

Of every 100 households in Kathar in 2011, 97 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 69 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Kathar · ■ Jalandhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**24%

Tap water ****49%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**86%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****69%**

**58%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**38%

Use banking services ****81%**

**80%

Television ****88%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**52%

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

**12%

None of these assets ****2%**

**2%

Own their home ****90%**

**91%

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 Kathar?

■ Kathar · ■ Jalandhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**82.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****835**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**893

Working population ****34.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 78.0% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (6%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 282 (72%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Jalandhar - I

- Hazara1,204 people
- Chukhiara1,176 people
- Mander (4701,139 people
- Puranpur1,135 people
- Phulpur1,111 people
- Jagral1,090 people
- Chandpur1,077 people
- Daulatpur1,046 people

[All 138 villages in Jalandhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/jalandhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kathar?144106
- How far is Kathar from Jalandhar?22 km by road
- What is the population of Kathar?1,134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathar in?Jalandhar district (Jalandhar - I sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Kathar?81.7% (Census 2011)