# Sonagam Village, Bandipora, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Bandipora, Bandipore 

# Sonagam

Sonagam is a village in Bandipora sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193502**. The 2011 Census counted **5,373 people in 928 households**, the 9th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 5,373people (2011)
- 928households
- 63.3%literacy
- 193502PIN code

## Sonagam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonagam is 193502.** Sonagam falls in Bandipora sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193502
- Gram panchayatSonagam A,B
- Community development blockBandipora
- Census village code002743

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

## How far is Sonagam from nearby towns?

- Bandipore (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Bandipore (district HQ)3 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town)4 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 Sonagam?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Sonagam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 7 govt · 3 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn 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 · Badipore
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bandipore
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Bandipore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Sonagam known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 440 hectares of village land is sown, and 139 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 Sonagam

Of every 100 households in Sonagam in 2011, 72 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sonagam · ■ Bandipora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**32%

Tap water ****52%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**79%

Use banking services ****45%**

**43%

Television ****37%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**21%

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 Sonagam?

■ Sonagam · ■ Bandipora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**921

Working population ****29.1%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 54.5% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (4%) · **■** Household industry 49 (3%) · **■** Other work 610 (39%) · **■** Marginal 761 (49%)

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 Bandipora

- Mantrigam7,981 people
- Qazipora Patushi7,229 people
- Arin Dard Pora6,234 people
- Quil Muqam6,056 people
- Kunas5,271 people
- Sumlar Shok Baba5,178 people
- Nadihal5,167 people
- Ashtongu4,074 people

[All 42 villages in Bandipora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/bandipora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonagam?193502
- How far is Sonagam from Bandipore?3 km by road
- What is the population of Sonagam?5,373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonagam in?Bandipore district (Bandipora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Sonagam?63.3% (Census 2011)