# Bonahama Village, Beerwah, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Beerwah, Badgam 

# Bonahama

Bonahama is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,474 people in 209 households**, the 33rd largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 1,474people (2011)
- 209households
- 61.1%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Bonahama PIN code and other codes

Bonahama falls in Beerwah sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatMulashulla
- Community development blockBeerwah
- Census village code000467

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

## How far is Bonahama from nearby towns?

- Beerwah (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)13 km by road
- Badgam (nearest town)13 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 Bonahama?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Bonahama; 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 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Beerwah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Beerwah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Budgam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- 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 Bonahama known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maiza and oilseeds**. Products made here include sozni and carpet. About 72% of the 224 hectares of village land is sown, and 122 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 Bonahama

Of every 100 households in Bonahama in 2011, 99 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Bonahama · ■ Beerwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**85%

Use banking services ****50%**

**60%

Television ****80%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**4%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Bonahama?

■ Bonahama · ■ Beerwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****553**

**741

Working population ****29.6%**

**27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 48.4% for women. 37% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 51 (12%) · **■** Other work 154 (35%) · **■** Marginal 119 (27%)

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 Beerwah

- Gori Pora1,681 people
- Kanihama1,672 people
- Churu Mujru1,609 people
- Charan Gam1,517 people
- Kanda Hama1,471 people
- Peth Kanihama1,465 people
- Pethkoot1,404 people
- Dachan1,351 people

[All 104 villages in Beerwah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/beerwah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bonahama from Budgam?13 km by road
- What is the population of Bonahama?1,474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bonahama in?Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bonahama?61.1% (Census 2011)
