# Kulan Gam Bagh Village, Handwara, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Kulan Gam Bagh

Kulan Gam Bagh is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **2,861 people in 394 households**, the 12th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 2,861people (2011)
- 394households
- 71.1%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Kulan Gam Bagh PIN code and other codes

Kulan Gam Bagh falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatBeripora
- Community development blockRajwar
- Census village code000177

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

## How far is Kulan Gam Bagh from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)16 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)3 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 Kulan Gam Bagh?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kulan Gam Bagh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Handwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 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, untreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Kulan Gam Bagh known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. About 73% of the 215 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Kulan Gam Bagh

Of every 100 households in Kulan Gam Bagh in 2011, 96 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Kulan Gam Bagh · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**36%

Tap water ****73%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**24%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**59%

Television ****55%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Kulan Gam Bagh?

■ Kulan Gam Bagh · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**899

Working population ****22.6%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 58.2% for women. 39% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 442 (68%) · **■** Marginal 64 (10%)

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

- Dowlat Pora4,363 people
- Hafrada3,913 people
- Dahama3,238 people
- Puhrupath3,051 people
- Voda Pora2,588 people
- Kukrusa2,525 people
- Lach2,481 people
- Qalam Abad2,443 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kulan Gam Bagh from Kupwara?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kulan Gam Bagh?2,861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kulan Gam Bagh in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kulan Gam Bagh?71.1% (Census 2011)
