# Malangam Village, Gurez, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Gurez, Bandipore 

# Malangam

Malangam is a village in Gurez sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **598 people in 66 households**, the 21st largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 598people (2011)
- 66households
- 42.4%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Malangam PIN code and other codes

Malangam falls in Gurez sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatBaduab
- Community development blockGurez
- Census village code002723

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

## How far is Malangam from nearby towns?

- Gurez (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)118 km by road
- Bandipora (nearest town)118 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 Malangam?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Malangam; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gurez
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gurez
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gurez
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Malangam known for?

The main crops are **potato, peas and wheat**. Products made here include blanket. About 26% of the 98 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Malangam

Of every 100 households in Malangam in 2011, 98 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malangam · ■ Gurez rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**34%

Tap water ****2%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****2%**

**44%

Television ****9%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****88%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Malangam?

■ Malangam · ■ Gurez rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.4%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**653

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**914

Working population ****18.1%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.4% for men and 25.5% for women. 29% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 102 (94%)

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 Gurez

- Jurniyal830 people
- Abdullan705 people
- Parana Talel695 people
- Husan Gam601 people
- Mastan Khopri520 people
- Dangi Thal493 people
- Gund Gul Sheikh479 people
- Manz Gund407 people

[All 28 villages in Gurez](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/gurez/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Malangam from Bandipora?118 km by road
- What is the population of Malangam?598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malangam in?Bandipore district (Gurez sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Malangam?42.4% (Census 2011)