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

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Village · Tangmarg, Baramula 

# Wahipora

Wahipora is a village in Tangmarg sub-district of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **366 people in 61 households**, the 74th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 366people (2011)
- 61households
- 64.7%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Wahipora PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChandi Lura
- Community development blockTangmarg
- Census village code002678

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

## How far is Wahipora from nearby towns?

- Tangmarg (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Baramulla (district HQ)48 km by road
- Tangmarg (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 Wahipora?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Wahipora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chnadilura
- ○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
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Wahipora known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 66% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Wahipora

Of every 100 households in Wahipora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 79 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Wahipora · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**84%

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

**12%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****79%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**67%

Television ****88%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**6%

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

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Wahipora?

■ Wahipora · ■ Tangmarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****278**

**879

Working population ****24.3%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 56.6% for women. 44% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 30 (34%) · **■** Marginal 50 (56%)

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

- Hoom403 people
- Gulrang400 people
- Tantripora398 people
- Ratni Pora Payin388 people
- Posh Bag357 people
- Haipara341 people
- Bata Pora Sagri311 people
- Badi Pora300 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Wahipora from Baramulla?48 km by road
- What is the population of Wahipora?366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wahipora in?Baramula district (Tangmarg sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Wahipora?64.7% (Census 2011)
