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

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Village · Handwara, Kupwara 

# Ujroo

Ujroo is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193302**. The 2011 Census counted **754 people in 95 households**, the 131st largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 754people (2011)
- 95households
- 77.1%literacy
- 193302PIN code

## Ujroo PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code193302
- Gram panchayatYunsu
- Community development blockLanget
- Census village code000192

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

## How far is Ujroo from nearby towns?

- Handwara (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)20 km by road
- Handwara (nearest town)5 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 Ujroo?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ujroo; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 school5–10 km · Handwara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Handwara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Handwara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and canal / 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 Ujroo known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include carpet. About 77% of the 97 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Ujroo

Of every 100 households in Ujroo in 2011, 96 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Ujroo · ■ Handwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**36%

Tap water ****1%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****74%**

**59%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Ujroo?

■ Ujroo · ■ Handwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**899

Working population ****22.3%**

**26.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 66.0% for women. 39% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 111 (66%) · **■** Marginal 35 (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

- Shog Pora788 people
- Sheikh Pora775 people
- Majeed Abad771 people
- Reshi Pora758 people
- Renan749 people
- Khir Man Tilak Chand747 people
- Wagat728 people
- Nicha Hama725 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ujroo?193302
- How far is Ujroo from Kupwara?20 km by road
- What is the population of Ujroo?754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ujroo in?Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Ujroo?77.1% (Census 2011)