# Ajas Village, Sonawari, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/ajas/ Village · Sonawari, Bandipore # Ajas Ajas is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193502**. The 2011 Census counted **12,961 people in 1,908 households**, the 1st largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%. - 12,961people (2011) - 1,908households - 56.9%literacy - 193502PIN code ## Ajas PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Ajas is 193502.** Ajas falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code193502 - Gram panchayatAjas A B C - Community development blockHajan - Census village code002777 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ajas from nearby towns? - Sonawari (sub-district HQ)14 km by road - Bandipora (district HQ)20 km by road - Hajin (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 Ajas? 17 services counted by the Census are inside Ajas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college10+ km · Bandipora - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hajan - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 7 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 Ajas known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 55% of the 1,465 hectares of village land is sown, and 634 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 Ajas Of every 100 households in Ajas in 2011, 95 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Ajas · ■ Sonawari rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **95% Toilet within the home ****90%** **78% No toilet (open defecation) ****9%** **20% Tap water ****84%** **62% Drinking water within premises ****44%** **28% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%** **7% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%** **90% Use banking services ****64%** **43% Television ****45%** **51% Mobile phone ****75%** **66% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****2%** **5% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **4% None of these assets ****11%** **14% 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 Ajas? ■ Ajas · ■ Sonawari rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%** **45.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927** **939 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815** **856 Working population ****30.6%** **40.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 68.9% for men and 44.2% for women. 42% of men and 18% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 212 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (8%) · **■** Household industry 264 (7%) · **■** Other work 1,368 (34%) · **■** Marginal 1,794 (45%) 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 Sonawari - Sadhunara Hasti Khan8,674 people - Naid Khi8,166 people - Gundi Sader Koot7,152 people - Shah Gund7,044 people [All 52 villages in Sonawari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Ajas?193502 - How far is Ajas from Bandipora?20 km by road - What is the population of Ajas?12,961 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ajas in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Ajas?56.9% (Census 2011)