# Drag Tanga Village, Kangan, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kangan, Ganderbal 

# Drag Tanga

Drag Tanga is a village in Kangan sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **385 people in 62 households**, the 40th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 385people (2011)
- 62households
- 61.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Drag Tanga PIN code and other codes

Drag Tanga falls in Kangan sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatPreng B
- Community development blockKangan
- Census village code002891

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

## How far is Drag Tanga from nearby towns?

- Kangan (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Gaderbal (district HQ)14 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)19 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 Drag Tanga?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Drag Tanga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Kangan
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kangan
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kangan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 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 · 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 Drag Tanga known for?

About 75% of the 34 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Drag Tanga

Of every 100 households in Drag Tanga in 2011, 100 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Drag Tanga · ■ Kangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**43%

Tap water ****100%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**32%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**45%

Television ****45%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**21%

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 Drag Tanga?

■ Drag Tanga · ■ Kangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**877

Working population ****28.3%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 49.1% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (80%) · **■** Other work 21 (19%)

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 Kangan

- Lari889 people
- Daraduder798 people
- Kij Parah754 people
- Gund Ari713 people
- Tangchatir375 people
- Bamlina278 people

[All 42 villages in Kangan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/ganderbal/kangan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Drag Tanga from Gaderbal?14 km by road
- What is the population of Drag Tanga?385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Drag Tanga in?Ganderbal district (Kangan sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Drag Tanga?61.0% (Census 2011)