# Pakhwara Village, Rafiabad, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/rafiabad/pakhwara/

Village · Rafiabad, Baramula 

# Pakhwara

Pakhwara is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **354 people in 59 households**, the 53rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 354people (2011)
- 59households
- 65.8%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Pakhwara PIN code and other codes

Pakhwara falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatP/Hq Pakwara
- Community development blockRafiabad
- Census village code002267

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

## How far is Pakhwara from nearby towns?

- Rafaibad (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)27 km by road
- Watergam (nearest town)13 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 Pakhwara?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pakhwara; 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 · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dangiwacha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sopore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sopore
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 4 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 Pakhwara known for?

The main crops are **apple**. Products made here include carpet. About 82% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Pakhwara

Of every 100 households in Pakhwara in 2011, 98 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakhwara · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**24%

Tap water ****74%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**85%

Use banking services ****76%**

**74%

Television ****29%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

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

**13%

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 Pakhwara?

■ Pakhwara · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**914

Working population ****59.6%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 51.0% for women. 60% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (16%) · **■** Marginal 133 (63%)

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 Rafiabad

- Wari Pora428 people
- Seen409 people
- Ladi Angan374 people
- Dursu Khalsa371 people
- Shoga Pora351 people
- Hamam330 people
- Dalri319 people
- Kitar Daji318 people

[All 77 villages in Rafiabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/rafiabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pakhwara from Baramulla?27 km by road
- What is the population of Pakhwara?354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakhwara in?Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Pakhwara?65.8% (Census 2011)