# Budha Bug Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Budha Bug

Budha Bug is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193302**. The 2011 Census counted **592 people in 93 households**, the 148th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 592people (2011)
- 93households
- 63.1%literacy
- 193302PIN code

## Budha Bug PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Budha Bug is 193302.** Budha Bug falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193302
- Gram panchayatShart Gund Bala
- Community development blockLanget
- Census village code000280

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

## How far is Budha Bug from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)55 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)25 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 Budha Bug?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Budha Bug; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Handwara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hsndwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Budha Bug known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. Products made here include carpet. About 87% of the 82 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 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 Budha Bug

Of every 100 households in Budha Bug in 2011, 83 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Budha Bug · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**36%

Tap water ****95%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****54%**

**59%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

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 Budha Bug?

■ Budha Bug · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****735**

**899

Working population ****21.1%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 52.5% for women. 39% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (25%) · **■** Other work 29 (23%) · **■** Marginal 26 (21%)

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 Handwara

- Kunel651 people
- Chera Pawa636 people
- Zaffar Khani613 people
- Safal Pora605 people
- Ashkan Pora591 people
- Nagrad Nar579 people
- Gund Kamal544 people
- Kali Pora515 people

[All 199 villages in Handwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Budha Bug?193302
- How far is Budha Bug from Kupwara?55 km by road
- What is the population of Budha Bug?592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budha Bug in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Budha Bug?63.1% (Census 2011)
