# Kur Hama Village, Lar, Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Lar, Ganderbal 

# Kur Hama

Kur Hama is a village in Lar sub-district of Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,879 people in 545 households**, the 10th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.1%.

- 2,879people (2011)
- 545households
- 58.7%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Kur Hama PIN code and other codes

Kur Hama falls in Lar sub-district, Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKur Hama
- Community development blockWakura
- Census village code002859

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

## How far is Kur Hama from nearby towns?

- Lar (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Gaderbal (district HQ)9 km by road
- Ganderbal (nearest town)9 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 Kur Hama?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kur Hama; 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 · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Gaderbal
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Gaderbal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 5 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 Kur Hama known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 347 hectares of village land is sown, and 187 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 Kur Hama

Of every 100 households in Kur Hama in 2011, 88 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kur Hama · ■ Lar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**13%

Tap water ****91%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**66%

Use banking services ****85%**

**69%

Television ****72%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**9%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

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 Kur Hama?

■ Kur Hama · ■ Lar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**61.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**879

Working population ****46.1%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 47.3% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (11%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 636 (48%) · **■** Marginal 304 (23%)

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 Lar

- Qasba Lar3,672 people
- Dab3,609 people
- Wata Lar3,476 people
- Pahli Pora3,010 people
- Rapore2,822 people
- Narayan Bagh2,666 people
- Wahid Pora2,344 people
- Chanthan Gulab Pora2,234 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kur Hama from Gaderbal?9 km by road
- What is the population of Kur Hama?2,879 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kur Hama in?Ganderbal district (Lar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kur Hama?58.7% (Census 2011)