# Hilal Abad Village, Sonawari, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/hilal-abad/ Village · Sonawari, Bandipore # Hilal Abad Hilal Abad is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193501**. The 2011 Census counted **4,723 people in 729 households**, the 10th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%. - 4,723people (2011) - 729households - 57.6%literacy - 193501PIN code ## Hilal Abad PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Hilal Abad is 193501.** Hilal Abad falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. - PIN code193501 - Gram panchayatHilal Abad - Community development blockSumbal - Census village code002797 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Hilal Abad from nearby towns? - Sonawari (sub-district HQ)1 km by road - Bandipora (district HQ)30 km by road - Sumbal (nearest town)1 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 Hilal Abad? 14 services counted by the Census are inside Hilal Abad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 3 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Sumbal - ○Degree college10+ km · Bandipora - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sumbal - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)6 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 Hilal Abad known for? The main crops are **rice and fruits**. Products made here include shawlbafi and qaleen bafi. About 77% of the 252 hectares of village land is sown, and 157 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 Hilal Abad Of every 100 households in Hilal Abad in 2011, 98 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 43 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 11 a car. ■ Hilal Abad · ■ Sonawari rural average Electricity for lighting ****98%** **95% Toilet within the home ****79%** **78% No toilet (open defecation) ****21%** **20% Tap water ****89%** **62% Drinking water within premises ****78%** **28% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****43%** **7% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%** **90% Use banking services ****75%** **43% Television ****79%** **51% Mobile phone ****79%** **66% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****13%** **5% Car / jeep / van ****11%** **4% None of these assets ****4%** **14% Own their home ****99%** **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 Hilal Abad? ■ Hilal Abad · ■ Sonawari rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%** **45.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955** **939 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1003** **856 Working population ****37.8%** **40.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 67.6% for men and 47.2% for women. 53% of men and 22% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 131 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (2%) · **■** Household industry 95 (5%) · **■** Other work 616 (35%) · **■** Marginal 904 (51%) 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 - Nowgam5,836 people - Bahar Abad5,254 people - Kosum Bagh4,965 people - Asham4,841 people - Sarai Danger Pora4,599 people - Tirgam4,485 people - Ganstan4,220 people - Gund Prang3,818 people [All 52 villages in Sonawari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Hilal Abad?193501 - How far is Hilal Abad from Bandipora?30 km by road - What is the population of Hilal Abad?4,723 (Census 2011) - Which district is Hilal Abad in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Hilal Abad?57.6% (Census 2011)