# Watra Gam Village, Kreeri, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kreeri, Baramula 

# Watra Gam

Watra Gam is a village in Kreeri sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193101**. The 2011 Census counted **2,378 people in 411 households**, the 9th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.9%.

- 2,378people (2011)
- 411households
- 67.6%literacy
- 193101PIN code

## Watra Gam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Watra Gam is 193101.** Watra Gam falls in Kreeri sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193101
- Gram panchayatWatra Gam
- Community development blockWagura
- Census village code002476

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

## How far is Watra Gam from nearby towns?

- Kreeri (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)15 km by road
- Sopore (nearest town)14 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 Watra Gam?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baramulla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baramulla
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)7 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 Watra Gam known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and fruits**. Products made here include carpet. About 84% of the 404 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Watra Gam

Of every 100 households in Watra Gam in 2011, 99 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Watra Gam · ■ Kreeri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**28%

Tap water ****73%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**37%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****80%**

**53%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

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 Watra Gam?

■ Watra Gam · ■ Kreeri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**61.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**886

Working population ****24.3%**

**25.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 53.7% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (28%) · **■** Marginal 306 (53%)

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 Kreeri

- Forest Block2,974 people
- Wagura2,829 people
- Wizar2,431 people
- Jahangir Pora2,381 people
- Salusa2,348 people
- Mana Gam2,297 people
- Naji But1,842 people
- Bandi Pain1,833 people

[All 50 villages in Kreeri](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/kreeri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Watra Gam?193101
- How far is Watra Gam from Baramulla?15 km by road
- What is the population of Watra Gam?2,378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Watra Gam in?Baramula district (Kreeri sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Watra Gam?67.6% (Census 2011)