Village · Beerwah, Badgam
# Now Pora Pain

Now Pora Pain is a village in Beerwah sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code 193401. The 2011 Census counted 459 people in 92 households, the 84th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.
- 459 people (2011)
- 92 households
- 37.9% literacy
- 193401 PIN code

## Now Pora Pain PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Now Pora Pain is 193401. Now Pora Pain falls in Beerwah sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- PIN code 193401
- Gram panchayat Kawsa Khalisa
- Community development block Narbal
- Census village code 000428

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Now Pora Pain from nearby towns?
- Beerwah (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ) 25 km by road
- Magam (nearest town) 5 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Now Pora Pain?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Now Pora Pain; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Magam
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Now Pora Pain known for?

The main crops are wheat. Products made here include shawls and sozni work. About 66% of the 15 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Now Pora Pain

Of every 100 households in Now Pora Pain in 2011, 100 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Now Pora Pain · ■ Beerwah rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 95%
- Toilet within the home 36% 88%
- No toilet (open defecation) 64% 9%
- Tap water 0% 69%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 42%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 85%
- Use banking services 40% 60%
- Television 36% 51%
- Mobile phone 58% 74%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 5% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 4%
- None of these assets 17% 8%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Now Pora Pain?

■ Now Pora Pain · ■ Beerwah rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 37.9% 56.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 905 868
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 878 741
- Working population 24.2% 27.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.8% for men and 29.1% for women. 44% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 56 (50%) · ■ Other work 51 (46%) · ■ Marginal 4 (4%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Beerwah
- Nassoo 486 people
- Alam Guchoo 479 people
- Bupat 478 people
- Saihama 473 people
- Kali Pora 428 people
- Zabgala 426 people
- Larabal 419 people
- Dragar 418 people

All 104 villages in Beerwah

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Now Pora Pain? 193401
- How far is Now Pora Pain from Budgam? 25 km by road
- What is the population of Now Pora Pain? 459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Now Pora Pain in? Badgam district (Beerwah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Now Pora Pain? 37.9% (Census 2011)

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