# Fraw Haknar Village, Kangan, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kangan, Ganderbal 

# Fraw Haknar

Fraw Haknar is a village in Kangan sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,918 people in 439 households**, the 15th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 2,918people (2011)
- 439households
- 44.3%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Fraw Haknar PIN code and other codes

Fraw Haknar falls in Kangan sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatFraw Haknar A B
- Community development blockKangan
- Census village code002918

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

## How far is Fraw Haknar from nearby towns?

- Kangan (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Gaderbal (district HQ)43 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)31 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 Fraw Haknar?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Fraw Haknar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 3 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gund
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaderbal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srinagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 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 Fraw Haknar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include carpets. About 65% of the 323 hectares of village land is sown, and 156 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 Fraw Haknar

Of every 100 households in Fraw Haknar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Fraw Haknar · ■ Kangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**43%

Tap water ****97%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****65%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Fraw Haknar?

■ Fraw Haknar · ■ Kangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.3%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**877

Working population ****19.8%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 30.8% for women. 36% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 36 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (14%) · **■** Other work 200 (35%) · **■** Marginal 259 (45%)

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

- Soraf Raw3,510 people
- Anderwan3,096 people
- Berna Bugh3,006 people
- Kolan2,960 people
- Mamer2,883 people
- Porajat Gagangir2,755 people
- Cheerwan2,706 people
- Rayil2,647 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Fraw Haknar from Gaderbal?43 km by road
- What is the population of Fraw Haknar?2,918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fraw Haknar in?Ganderbal district (Kangan sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Fraw Haknar?44.3% (Census 2011)
