Village · Sonawari, Bandipore
# Shilvat Ghat

Shilvat Ghat is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 346 people in 63 households, the 45th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.
- 346 people (2011)
- 63 households
- 32.1% literacy
- 966 females per 1,000 males

## Shilvat Ghat PIN code and other codes

Shilvat Ghat falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat Shilvat Ghat
- Community development block Sumbal
- Census village code 002814

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

## How far is Shilvat Ghat from nearby towns?
- Sonawari (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ) 19 km by road
- Sumbal (nearest town) 7 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Shilvat Ghat?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 14 h summer · 6 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Shilvat Ghat

Of every 100 households in Shilvat Ghat in 2011, 95 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Shilvat Ghat · ■ Sonawari rural average
- Electricity for lighting 95% 95%
- Toilet within the home 49% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 46% 20%
- Tap water 67% 62%
- Drinking water within premises 13% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 33% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 67% 90%
- Use banking services 15% 43%
- Television 62% 51%
- Mobile phone 46% 66%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 7% 4%
- None of these assets 25% 14%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Shilvat Ghat?

■ Shilvat Ghat · ■ Sonawari rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 32.1% 45.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 966 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1444 856
- Working population 30.3% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.9% for men and 31.2% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 30 (29%) · ■ Marginal 74 (70%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sonawari
- Watal Hanji 670 people
- Tanga Pora 585 people
- Gundi Balakh 584 people
- Chander Gair Ghat 365 people
- Gund Ramzan 290 people
- Forest Block 203 people
- Nisbal Ghat 200 people
- Hajin Ghat 129 people

All 52 villages in Sonawari

## Quick answers
- How far is Shilvat Ghat from Bandipora? 19 km by road
- What is the population of Shilvat Ghat? 346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilvat Ghat in? Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Shilvat Ghat? 32.1% (Census 2011)

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