# Now Gam Village, Pahalgam, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Pahalgam, Anantnag 

# Now Gam

Now Gam is a village in Pahalgam sub-district of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 55 households**, the 59th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.3%.

- 398people (2011)
- 55households
- 76.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Now Gam PIN code and other codes

Now Gam falls in Pahalgam sub-district, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatNow Gam
- Community development blockKavnipora
- Census village code003571

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

## How far is Now Gam from nearby towns?

- Pahalgam (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Anantnag (district HQ)23 km by road
- Ashmuqam (nearest town)5 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 Gam?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Now Gam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Siligam
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ashmuqam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Anantnag
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Seer
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Gam known for?

The main crops are **walnut**. Products made here include chain stich. About 71% of the 54 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Gam

Of every 100 households in Now Gam in 2011, 4 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Now Gam · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**62%

Tap water ****93%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**33%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**62%

Television ****46%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Gam?

■ Now Gam · ■ Pahalgam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**49.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**916

Working population ****53.0%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 61.5% for women. 53% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (24%) · **■** Marginal 128 (61%)

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 Pahalgam

- Yanier505 people
- Srechhan491 people
- Bedigam468 people
- Yal444 people
- Mandlana394 people
- Badaran355 people
- Dachee Gam308 people
- Malik Gund242 people

[All 66 villages in Pahalgam](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/anantnag/pahalgam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Now Gam from Anantnag?23 km by road
- What is the population of Now Gam?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Now Gam in?Anantnag district (Pahalgam sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Now Gam?76.8% (Census 2011)