Village · Kreeri, Baramula
# Bandi Pain

Bandi Pain is a village in Kreeri sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 1,833 people in 332 households, the 13th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.9%.
- 1,833 people (2011)
- 332 households
- 56.2% literacy
- 909 females per 1,000 males

## Bandi Pain PIN code and other codes

Bandi Pain falls in Kreeri sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat Bandui Payeen
- Community development block Wagura
- Census village code 002495

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

## How far is Bandi Pain from nearby towns?
- Kreeri (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ) 16 km by road
- Baramulla (nearest town) 16 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Bandi Pain?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Bandi Pain; 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 · 1 private
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Commercial bank In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Kanchawa
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 4 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bandi Pain known for?

The main crops are paddy. Products made here include kangri and carpet. About 83% of the 145 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bandi Pain

Of every 100 households in Bandi Pain in 2011, 98 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bandi Pain · ■ Kreeri rural average
- Electricity for lighting 98% 90%
- Toilet within the home 48% 68%
- No toilet (open defecation) 52% 28%
- Tap water 100% 83%
- Drinking water within premises 63% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 23% 53%
- Television 13% 31%
- Mobile phone 47% 58%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 3%
- None of these assets 44% 22%
- 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 Bandi Pain?

■ Bandi Pain · ■ Kreeri rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.2% 61.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 909 944
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 814 886
- Working population 22.1% 25.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 44.5% for women. 41% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 113 (28%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 200 (49%) · ■ Marginal 90 (22%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kreeri
- Watra Gam 2,378 people
- Salusa 2,348 people
- Mana Gam 2,297 people
- Naji But 1,842 people
- Dawlat Pora 1,546 people
- Kalantra Pain 1,494 people
- Doli Pora 1,316 people
- Kalantra Bala 1,314 people

All 50 villages in Kreeri

## Quick answers
- How far is Bandi Pain from Baramulla? 16 km by road
- What is the population of Bandi Pain? 1,833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandi Pain in? Baramula district (Kreeri sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bandi Pain? 56.2% (Census 2011)

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