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

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Village · Beerwah, Badgam 

# Kanihama

Kanihama is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193401**. The 2011 Census counted **1,672 people in 246 households**, the 30th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 1,672people (2011)
- 246households
- 52.1%literacy
- 193401PIN code

## Kanihama PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanihama is 193401.** Kanihama falls in Beerwah sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193401
- Gram panchayatKawsa Khalisa
- Community development blockNarbal
- Census village code000430

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

## How far is Kanihama from nearby towns?

- Beerwah (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)25 km by road
- Magam (nearest town)1 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 Kanihama?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Kanihama; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Batpora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Beerwah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 9 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 Kanihama known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. Products made here include shawls and embriodery. About 81% of the 42 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Kanihama

Of every 100 households in Kanihama in 2011, 98 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 61 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kanihama · ■ Beerwah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**9%

Tap water ****96%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****61%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**85%

Use banking services ****75%**

**60%

Television ****80%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****11%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanihama?

■ Kanihama · ■ Beerwah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.1%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**741

Working population ****21.6%**

**27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 43.5% for women. 37% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (17%) · **■** Household industry 20 (6%) · **■** Other work 98 (27%) · **■** Marginal 88 (24%)

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

- Watal Pora Banda Pora1,847 people
- Gamboora1,825 people
- Buna Zanigam1,775 people
- Gori Pora1,681 people
- Churu Mujru1,609 people
- Charan Gam1,517 people
- Bonahama1,474 people
- Kanda Hama1,471 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanihama?193401
- How far is Kanihama from Budgam?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kanihama?1,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanihama in?Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kanihama?52.1% (Census 2011)