# Badwan Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Badwan

Badwan is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 81 households**, the 31st largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 432people (2011)
- 81households
- 47.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Badwan PIN code and other codes

Badwan falls in Karnah sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatNichian
- Community development blockTanghdar
- Census village code000341

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

## How far is Badwan from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)68 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)66 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 Badwan?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kandi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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 Badwan known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. Products made here include carpet. About 59% of the 56 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Badwan

Of every 100 households in Badwan in 2011, 88 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badwan · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**63%

Tap water ****89%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**76%

Use banking services ****34%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 Badwan?

■ Badwan · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.9%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**901

Working population ****31.7%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 32.7% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (15%) · **■** Marginal 116 (85%)

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 Karnah

- Dragar517 people
- Pingla Haridal516 people
- Gundi Sayedan482 people
- Shamis Pora435 people
- Tarbuni406 people
- Jabri347 people
- Karhama313 people
- Bijidarah238 people

[All 41 villages in Karnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/karnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Badwan from Kupwara?68 km by road
- What is the population of Badwan?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badwan in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Badwan?47.9% (Census 2011)