# Yar Bug Village, Rafiabad, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Rafiabad, Baramula 

# Yar Bug

Yar Bug is a village in Rafiabad sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193303**. The 2011 Census counted **1,251 people in 173 households**, the 22nd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,251people (2011)
- 173households
- 60.7%literacy
- 193303PIN code

## Yar Bug PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Yar Bug is 193303.** Yar Bug falls in Rafiabad sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193303
- Gram panchayatP/Hq Fidar Pora
- Community development blockRafiabad
- Census village code002252

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

## How far is Yar Bug from nearby towns?

- Rafiabad (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)17 km by road
- Watergam (nearest town)4 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 Yar Bug?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Yar Bug; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 · Sopore
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sopore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sopore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 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, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 6 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 Yar Bug known for?

The main crops are **apple and paddy**. Products made here include carpet,weaving. About 80% of the 261 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Yar Bug

Of every 100 households in Yar Bug in 2011, 92 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Yar Bug · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**72%

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

**24%

Tap water ****100%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****30%**

**74%

Television ****49%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**6%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Yar Bug?

■ Yar Bug · ■ Rafiabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**914

Working population ****57.1%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 50.1% for women. 57% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 466 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (7%) · **■** Other work 90 (13%) · **■** Marginal 107 (15%)

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

- Mala Guni Pora1,339 people
- Nakhi Pora Bata Pora1,308 people
- Patusa1,305 people
- Feroz Pora1,288 people
- Vedipora Lurhama1,227 people
- Laisar1,218 people
- Syal Kot1,198 people
- Ludhu Lodura1,123 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Yar Bug?193303
- How far is Yar Bug from Baramulla?17 km by road
- What is the population of Yar Bug?1,251 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yar Bug in?Baramula district (Rafiabad sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Yar Bug?60.7% (Census 2011)
