Kathua
1 in 8 schools here has an issue in the government’s record
192 of 1,515 girls’ and co-ed schools
about the Jammu & Kashmir average (1 in 6)
Block registry
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| Rank | Block | Schools with issuesIssues | How commonRate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Malahar | 39 | 1 in 4 |
| 02 | Barnoti | 25 | 1 in 5 |
| 03 | Bani | 36 | 1 in 5 |
| 04 | Billawar | 18 | 1 in 7 |
| 05 | Mahanpur | 15 | 1 in 7 |
| 06 | Bhaddu | 20 | 1 in 8 |
| 07 | Basholi | 15 | 1 in 9 |
| 08 | Lakhanpur | 8 | 1 in 16 |
| 09 | Sallan | 5 | 1 in 16 |
| 10 | Hiranagar | 4 | 1 in 22 |
| 11 | Kathua | 6 | 1 in 25 |
| 12 | Marheen | 1 | 1 in 111 |
“Issues” means one thing here: no girls’ toilet, or one that does not work. That is all UDISE+ 2024-25 records. A school shown with none may still have plenty.
What else these schools report
Of the 192 schools in Kathua listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Kathua.
- 191 No accessible toilet for disabled children
- 134 No ramp for disabled children
- 129 No working toilet for boys
- 100 No female teacher
- 98 No library
- 90 No playground
- 64 No electricity
- 60 A classroom needs major repair
- 55 Nowhere to wash hands
- 51 Only one teacher for the whole school
- 1 No drinking water
Elected representatives in the area
The sitting members for the assembly seats these schools fall in. Listed because they are who to ask — not as a claim that they caused it.
- Dr Rameshwar Singh IND bani · 62 of these schools Record
- Satish Kumar Sharma BJP billawar · 57 of these schools Record
- Darshan Kumar BJP basholi · 46 of these schools Record
- Dr. Bharat Bhushan BJP Kathua · 17 of these schools Record
- Vijay Kumar BJP hiranagar · 10 of these schools Record
Photographs from Election Commission of India affidavits, as published by MyNeta (ADR).