# Kanhama Village, Tangmarg, Baramula (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Tangmarg, Baramula 

# Kanhama

Kanhama is a village in Tangmarg sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193401**. The 2011 Census counted **231 people in 33 households**, the 89th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 231people (2011)
- 33households
- 80.4%literacy
- 193401PIN code

## Kanhama PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanhama is 193401.** Kanhama falls in Tangmarg sub-district, Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193401
- Gram panchayatKanhama
- Community development blockTangmarg
- Census village code002614

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

## How far is Kanhama from nearby towns?

- Tatangmarg (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)45 km by road
- Tangmarg (nearest town)16 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 Kanhama?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kanhama; 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
- ●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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Tangmarg
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pattan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pattan
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Kanhama known for?

The main crops are **apple**. Products made here include carpet. About 59% of the 26 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Kanhama

Of every 100 households in Kanhama in 2011, 100 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanhama · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**12%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**67%

Television ****42%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Kanhama?

■ Kanhama · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**879

Working population ****27.7%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 67.4% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (38%) · **■** Other work 24 (38%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

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

- Meri Pora258 people
- Gulrow256 people
- Gound Magsud238 people
- Zasapora232 people
- Gulrez212 people
- Tokal Pora162 people
- Pajwal Pora160 people
- Darweshpora133 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanhama?193401
- How far is Kanhama from Baramulla?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kanhama?231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanhama in?Baramula district (Tangmarg sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kanhama?80.4% (Census 2011)
