# Now Shehra Village, Bijbehara, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/now-shehra/ Village · Bijbehara, Anantnag # Now Shehra Now Shehra is a village in Bijbehara sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,788 people in 262 households**, the 19th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%. - 1,788people (2011) - 262households - 61.1%literacy - 1,025females per 1,000 males ## Now Shehra PIN code and other codes Now Shehra falls in Bijbehara sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. - Gram panchayatNow Shehra - Community development blockDachanipora - Census village code003587 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Now Shehra from nearby towns? - Bijbehara (sub-district HQ)15 km by road - Anantnag (district HQ)25 km by road - Beijbehara (nearest town)15 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 Now Shehra? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Now Shehra; 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 - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khiram - ○Degree college10+ km · Bijbehara - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anantnag - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river - Electricity (2011)14 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 Now Shehra known for? The main crops are **walnut and rice**. Products made here include carpet, namda and gabba. About 55% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 109 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 Now Shehra Of every 100 households in Now Shehra in 2011, 96 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 7 a car. ■ Now Shehra · ■ Bijbehara rural average Electricity for lighting ****96%** **93% Toilet within the home ****32%** **55% No toilet (open defecation) ****5%** **38% Tap water ****100%** **76% Drinking water within premises ****19%** **67% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **5% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **93% Use banking services ****98%** **71% Television ****46%** **52% Mobile phone ****92%** **79% Computer with internet ****4%** **2% Two-wheeler ****4%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****7%** **6% None of these assets ****2%** **8% Own their home ****100%** **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 Now Shehra? ■ Now Shehra · ■ Bijbehara rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%** **59.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025** **994 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056** **870 Working population ****53.0%** **39.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 82.0% for men and 40.5% for women. 54% of men and 52% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 222 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (8%) · **■** Marginal 648 (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 Bijbehara - Shala Gam2,247 people - Semithan.2,213 people - Mahind2,208 people - Tula Khan2,072 people - Niyana Gund Baba Khalil1,759 people - Sither Satghar1,736 people - Chunda Pora1,735 people - Gari Seer1,700 people [All 52 villages in Bijbehara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/bijbehara/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Now Shehra from Anantnag?25 km by road - What is the population of Now Shehra?1,788 (Census 2011) - Which district is Now Shehra in?Anantnag district (Bijbehara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Now Shehra?61.1% (Census 2011)