# Jahama Village, Baramulla, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Baramulla, Baramula 

# Jahama

Jahama is a village in Baramulla sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,036 people in 309 households**, the 13th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 2,036people (2011)
- 309households
- 60.9%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Jahama PIN code and other codes

Jahama falls in Baramulla sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKanispora
- Community development blockBaramulla
- Census village code002416

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

## How far is Jahama from nearby towns?

- Baramulla (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)7 km by road
- Baramulla (nearest town)7 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 Jahama?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Jahama; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kanispora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Khwajabagh
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Baramulla
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 8 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 Jahama known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpet. About 51% of the 143 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Jahama

Of every 100 households in Jahama in 2011, 100 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Jahama · ■ Baramulla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**24%

Tap water ****99%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**67%

Use banking services ****92%**

**57%

Television ****82%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

None of these assets ****1%**

**15%

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 Jahama?

■ Jahama · ■ Baramulla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**914

Working population ****50.7%**

**28.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 49.6% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 262 (25%) · **■** Marginal 632 (61%)

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 Baramulla

- Khai Tangan2,724 people
- Fatehgadh2,537 people
- Singh Pora Kalan2,454 people
- Lal Pora2,134 people
- Khadaniar1,774 people
- Kitcha Hama1,764 people
- Jalsheri1,758 people
- Jagiyar1,694 people

[All 42 villages in Baramulla](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/baramulla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jahama from Baramulla?7 km by road
- What is the population of Jahama?2,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jahama in?Baramula district (Baramulla sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Jahama?60.9% (Census 2011)
