# Dewa Bug Village, Tangmarg, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Tangmarg, Baramula 

# Dewa Bug

Dewa Bug is a village in Tangmarg sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,683 people in 264 households**, the 16th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 1,683people (2011)
- 264households
- 62.2%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Dewa Bug PIN code and other codes

Dewa Bug falls in Tangmarg sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatDewa Bug
- Community development blockKunzer
- Census village code002647

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

## How far is Dewa Bug from nearby towns?

- Tagmarg (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)55 km by road
- Kunzer (nearest town)2 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 Dewa Bug?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dewa Bug; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kralawat
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pattan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pattan
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Dewa Bug known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet and shawl. About 65% of the 174 hectares of village land is sown, and 108 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 Dewa Bug

Of every 100 households in Dewa Bug in 2011, 98 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dewa Bug · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**12%

Tap water ****84%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**67%

Television ****50%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

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 Dewa Bug?

■ Dewa Bug · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**879

Working population ****23.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 52.2% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 129 (32%) · **■** Marginal 263 (65%)

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 Tangmarg

- Chandil1,801 people
- Takia Bata Pora1,772 people
- Taj Pora1,759 people
- Goni Pora1,732 people
- Dhobiwan1,641 people
- Gul Badan1,487 people
- Dewa Pora1,444 people
- Hardu Bani1,411 people

[All 96 villages in Tangmarg](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/baramula/tangmarg/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dewa Bug from Baramulla?55 km by road
- What is the population of Dewa Bug?1,683 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewa Bug in?Baramula district (Tangmarg sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Dewa Bug?62.2% (Census 2011)
