Chakher, Awantipora

Chakher is a village located in the Awantipora Tehsil of Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Awantipora block and comes under Reshipora Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Anantnag parliament constituency and Pulwama assembly constituency.

As on June 2024, the current population of Chakher is 483 out of which 228 are males and rest 255 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1118 females per 1000 males. There are around 46 teenagers in Chakher. It has literacy rate of 60% which means around 292 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 90 households in Chakher, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 217. The pincode of Chakher is 192122 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Anantnag City Sub Post office
• Awantipora Sub Post office
• Barsoo Branch Post office
• Gairoo Branch Post office
• Chandhara Branch Post office

Schools

Chakher has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Hajahad Public School
• Mantaqi Memorial Public School
• Higher Secondary School Noorpora
• Firdousi E.M.High School
• Umer Memorial Instt.

Hospitals

Chakher has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Rajpora Sub-Center
• Padgampora Sub-Center
• Wandakpora Sub-Center
• S C Larmoh Sub-Center
• Modoora Sub-Center

Banks

Chakher has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• HDFC Bank Awantipora
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Chersoo
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Main Market Awantipora
• State Bank of India Awantipur
• Axis Bank Larik Pora