Village · Rafiabad, Baramula
# Hunru

Hunru is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 605 people in 103 households, the 43rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.
- 605 people (2011)
- 103 households
- 53.1% literacy
- 1,044 females per 1,000 males

## Hunru PIN code and other codes

Hunru falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gram panchayat P/Hq Panzal Pora
- Community development block Rafiabad
- Census village code 002268

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

## How far is Hunru from nearby towns?
- Rafaibad (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ) 30 km by road
- Watergam (nearest town) 16 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Hunru?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Hunru; 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
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Dangiwacha
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sopore
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sopore
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 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 Hunru known for?

The main crops are apple. Products made here include carpet. About 76% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Hunru

Of every 100 households in Hunru in 2011, 97 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hunru · ■ Rafiabad rural average
- Electricity for lighting 97% 96%
- Toilet within the home 21% 72%
- No toilet (open defecation) 38% 24%
- Tap water 67% 72%
- Drinking water within premises 41% 45%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 13%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 85% 85%
- Use banking services 31% 74%
- Television 23% 50%
- Mobile phone 26% 71%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 6%
- None of these assets 48% 13%
- 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 Hunru?

■ Hunru · ■ Rafiabad rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.1% 63.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1044 955
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1258 914
- Working population 56.9% 39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 43.0% for women. 63% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (26%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 52 (15%) · ■ Marginal 201 (58%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Rafiabad
- Tanga Mula 645 people
- Wan Pora 614 people
- Pazwal Pora 610 people
- Duli Gund 609 people
- Hardu Chanam 602 people
- Dachan Pora 594 people
- Manchan Pora 570 people
- Dundusa 559 people

All 77 villages in Rafiabad

## Quick answers
- How far is Hunru from Baramulla? 30 km by road
- What is the population of Hunru? 605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hunru in? Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Hunru? 53.1% (Census 2011)

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