Village · Gurez, Bandipore
# Badwan Wanpora

Badwan Wanpora is a village in Gurez sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 3,327 people in 479 households, the 3rd largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.
- 3,327 people (2011)
- 479 households
- 82.0% literacy
- 786 females per 1,000 males

## Badwan Wanpora PIN code and other codes

Badwan Wanpora falls in Gurez sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat Badwan
- Community development block Gurez
- Census village code 002705

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

## How far is Badwan Wanpora from nearby towns?
- Gurez (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ) 86 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town) 85 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Badwan Wanpora?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Badwan Wanpora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 9 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 6 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 Badwan Wanpora known for?

The main crops are paddy. Products made here include blanket. About 41% of the 352 hectares of village land is sown, and 82 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Badwan Wanpora

Of every 100 households in Badwan Wanpora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Badwan Wanpora · ■ Gurez rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 50%
- Toilet within the home 100% 60%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 34%
- Tap water 100% 67%
- Drinking water within premises 48% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 45% 44%
- Television 47% 30%
- Mobile phone 10% 3%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 1%
- Car / jeep / van 7% 2%
- None of these assets 4% 24%
- Own their home 99% 94%

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

## What is the population of Badwan Wanpora?

■ Badwan Wanpora · ■ Gurez rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.0% 70.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 786 653
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 979 914
- Working population 32.6% 42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 47% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 7 (1%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 908 (84%) · ■ Marginal 167 (15%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Gurez
- Dawar 4,253 people
- Forest Block 3,422 people
- Niru 2,297 people
- Shah Pora 2,212 people
- Gulshan Pora 2,206 people
- Markoot 2,034 people

All 28 villages in Gurez

## Quick answers
- How far is Badwan Wanpora from Bandipora? 86 km by road
- What is the population of Badwan Wanpora? 3,327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badwan Wanpora in? Bandipore district (Gurez sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Badwan Wanpora? 82.0% (Census 2011)

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