# Zoohama Village, Chadoora, Badgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Chadoora, Badgam 

# Zoohama

Zoohama is a village in Chadoora sub-district of Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 223 households**, the 47th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 223households
- 55.8%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Zoohama PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatZoohama
- Community development blockChadoora
- Census village code000799

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

## How far is Zoohama from nearby towns?

- Chadoora (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Budgam (district HQ)20 km by road
- Chadoora (nearest town)10 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 Zoohama?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Zoohama; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Zoohama known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maiza**. About 67% of the 160 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Zoohama

Of every 100 households in Zoohama in 2011, 100 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Zoohama · ■ Chadoora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**6%

Tap water ****100%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**65%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****38%**

**56%

Television ****80%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**7%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Zoohama?

■ Zoohama · ■ Chadoora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**837

Working population ****53.4%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 43.3% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 186 (24%) · **■** Marginal 355 (46%)

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

- Hanji Gund1,538 people
- Suthoo Kalan1,520 people
- Husi Pora1,490 people
- Sonzi Pora1,468 people
- Dowlet Pora1,451 people
- Yar Kalan1,397 people
- Qazi Pora1,384 people
- Buchroo1,383 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Zoohama from Budgam?20 km by road
- What is the population of Zoohama?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Zoohama in?Badgam district (Chadoora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Zoohama?55.8% (Census 2011)