# Tirgam Village, Sonawari, Bandipore (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Sonawari, Bandipore 

# Tirgam

Tirgam is a village in Sonawari sub-district of Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **4,485 people in 592 households**, the 12th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.4%.

- 4,485people (2011)
- 592households
- 37.8%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Tirgam PIN code and other codes

Tirgam falls in Sonawari sub-district, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatTirgam
- Community development blockSumbal
- Census village code002809

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

## How far is Tirgam from nearby towns?

- Sonawari (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bandipora (district HQ)47 km by road
- Sumbal (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 Tirgam?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Tirgam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Srinagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sumbal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 3 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 Tirgam known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 76% of the 318 hectares of village land is sown, and 241 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 Tirgam

Of every 100 households in Tirgam in 2011, 98 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tirgam · ■ Sonawari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**20%

Tap water ****47%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****37%**

**43%

Television ****58%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tirgam?

■ Tirgam · ■ Sonawari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.8%**

**45.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****781**

**856

Working population ****30.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.1% for men and 29.7% for women. 47% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 243 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (4%) · **■** Household industry 164 (12%) · **■** Other work 212 (16%) · **■** Marginal 686 (50%)

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

- Kosum Bagh4,965 people
- Asham4,841 people
- Hilal Abad4,723 people
- Sarai Danger Pora4,599 people
- Ganstan4,220 people
- Gund Prang3,818 people
- Rakh Shilvat3,771 people
- Odina3,599 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tirgam from Bandipora?47 km by road
- What is the population of Tirgam?4,485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tirgam in?Bandipore district (Sonawari sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Tirgam?37.8% (Census 2011)