# Kosum Bagh Village, Sonawari, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Sonawari, Bandipore 

# Kosum Bagh

Kosum Bagh is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193501**. The 2011 Census counted **4,965 people in 719 households**, the 8th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.

- 4,965people (2011)
- 719households
- 47.3%literacy
- 193501PIN code

## Kosum Bagh PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kosum Bagh is 193501.** Kosum Bagh falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193501
- Gram panchayatKosum Bagh A B
- Community development blockHajan
- Census village code002781

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

## How far is Kosum Bagh from nearby towns?

- Sonawari (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)27 km by road
- Hajin (nearest town)3 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 Kosum Bagh?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Kosum Bagh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn 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 · Hajan
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hajan
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Hajan
- ○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 library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 5 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 Kosum Bagh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 464 hectares of village land is sown, and 304 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 Kosum Bagh

Of every 100 households in Kosum Bagh in 2011, 97 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kosum Bagh · ■ Sonawari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**20%

Tap water ****76%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****36%**

**43%

Television ****63%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Kosum Bagh?

■ Kosum Bagh · ■ Sonawari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**45.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**856

Working population ****43.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.2% for men and 37.4% for women. 44% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 264 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (8%) · **■** Household industry 101 (5%) · **■** Other work 248 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,366 (64%)

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

- Gundi Sader Koot7,152 people
- Shah Gund7,044 people
- Nowgam5,836 people
- Bahar Abad5,254 people
- Asham4,841 people
- Hilal Abad4,723 people
- Sarai Danger Pora4,599 people
- Tirgam4,485 people

[All 52 villages in Sonawari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/bandipore/sonawari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kosum Bagh?193501
- How far is Kosum Bagh from Bandipora?27 km by road
- What is the population of Kosum Bagh?4,965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosum Bagh in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kosum Bagh?47.3% (Census 2011)