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

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Lal Bug

Lal Bug is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **430 people in 63 households**, the 167th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 430people (2011)
- 63households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,118females per 1,000 males

## Lal Bug PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLoki Pora
- Community development blockLanget
- Census village code000199

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

## How far is Lal Bug from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)30 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)12 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 Lal Bug?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Lal 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 · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 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 Lal Bug known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet and shawl. About 78% of the 52 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Lal Bug

Of every 100 households in Lal Bug in 2011, 97 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Lal Bug · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**36%

Tap water ****98%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**24%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**59%

Television ****57%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

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

**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 Lal Bug?

■ Lal Bug · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1118**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**899

Working population ****20.5%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 57.3% for women. 42% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (14%) · **■** Marginal 23 (26%)

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

- Rakhi Shihilhal439 people
- Nihama438 people
- Tuli Gund438 people
- Mala Bagh433 people
- Kachri426 people
- Gund Razak419 people
- Mangwal Pora415 people
- Khana Gund395 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Lal Bug from Kupwara?30 km by road
- What is the population of Lal Bug?430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lal Bug in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Lal Bug?70.9% (Census 2011)