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

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Mawar

Mawar is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 173 households**, the 96th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 173households
- 66.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Mawar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMawar
- Community development blockLanget
- Census village code000265

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

## How far is Mawar from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)37 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)14 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 Mawar?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Mawar; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Handwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 and tanks / ponds
- 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 Mawar known for?

The main crops are **rice, maiza and vegetables**. Products made here include carpet. About 71% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Mawar

Of every 100 households in Mawar in 2011, 99 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mawar · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**36%

Tap water ****100%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****63%**

**59%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mawar?

■ Mawar · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**899

Working population ****23.0%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 53.9% for women. 42% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 143 (55%) · **■** Marginal 112 (43%)

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

- Bata Pora Magam1,181 people
- Badrah1,161 people
- Pingru1,155 people
- Wara Pora1,153 people
- Suna Mulloo1,129 people
- Cham Pora1,111 people
- Bawan Wastar1,107 people
- Sher Kot1,085 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Mawar from Kupwara?37 km by road
- What is the population of Mawar?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mawar in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Mawar?66.9% (Census 2011)