# Wagam Village, Chadoora, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Chadoora, Badgam 

# Wagam

Wagam is a village in Chadoora sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 183 households**, the 56th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 183households
- 66.5%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Wagam PIN code and other codes

Wagam falls in Chadoora sub-district, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatWagam
- Community development blockChadoora
- Census village code000791

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

## How far is Wagam from nearby towns?

- Chadoora (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)15 km by road
- Chadoora (nearest town)7 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 Wagam?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Wagam; 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
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Zohama
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 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 Wagam known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maiza**. About 64% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 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 Wagam

Of every 100 households in Wagam in 2011, 96 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Wagam · ■ Chadoora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**6%

Tap water ****94%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**65%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**80%

Use banking services ****72%**

**56%

Television ****57%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**7%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Wagam?

■ Wagam · ■ Chadoora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**837

Working population ****34.5%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 53.4% for women. 46% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (42%) · **■** Marginal 190 (50%)

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 Chadoora

- Barwah1,257 people
- Gangi Pora1,244 people
- Check No.11,220 people
- Hushroo1,173 people
- Goniwar1,057 people
- Brari Gund974 people
- Zalwah960 people
- Khuthi Pora953 people

[All 108 villages in Chadoora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/badgam/chadoora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Wagam from Budgam?15 km by road
- What is the population of Wagam?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wagam in?Badgam district (Chadoora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Wagam?66.5% (Census 2011)