# Hardunu Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Hardunu

Hardunu is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,268 people in 174 households**, the 80th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,268people (2011)
- 174households
- 63.2%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Hardunu PIN code and other codes

Hardunu falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatLilam
- Community development blockRamhal
- Census village code000249

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

## How far is Hardunu from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)25 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)4 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 Hardunu?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Hardunu; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 6 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 Hardunu known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. About 86% of the 100 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 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 Hardunu

Of every 100 households in Hardunu in 2011, 95 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hardunu · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**36%

Tap water ****21%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**59%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**19%

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 Hardunu?

■ Hardunu · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**899

Working population ****22.9%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 52.4% for women. 39% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 72 (25%) · **■** Marginal 202 (70%)

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

- Turka Pora1,303 people
- Treach1,294 people
- Hangni Kot1,287 people
- Pach Kote1,272 people
- Mundi Gam1,267 people
- Krum Hoora1,261 people
- Kuhru1,258 people
- Hari Pora1,247 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Hardunu from Kupwara?25 km by road
- What is the population of Hardunu?1,268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hardunu in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Hardunu?63.2% (Census 2011)
