# Bahardas Koot Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Bahardas Koot

Bahardas Koot is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **1,338 people in 225 households**, the 9th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,338people (2011)
- 225households
- 66.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Bahardas Koot PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChamkot
- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000352

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

## How far is Bahardas Koot from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)95 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)95 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 Bahardas Koot?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bahardas Koot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn 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 centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 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 and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 4 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 Bahardas Koot known for?

The main crops are **maiza, paddy and vegetables**. Products made here include shawl. About 43% of the 165 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Bahardas Koot

Of every 100 households in Bahardas Koot in 2011, 70 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahardas Koot · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**63%

Tap water ****100%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**76%

Use banking services ****44%**

**43%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Bahardas Koot?

■ Bahardas Koot · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**901

Working population ****22.2%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 53.1% for women. 37% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (48%) · **■** Marginal 134 (45%)

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

- Nichian3,050 people
- Baghbala2,232 people
- Hajitrah1,864 people
- Gundi Gojran1,363 people
- Ibkoote1,320 people
- Cham Koote1,318 people
- Pararah1,244 people
- Hajinar1,231 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Bahardas Koot from Kupwara?95 km by road
- What is the population of Bahardas Koot?1,338 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahardas Koot in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Bahardas Koot?66.5% (Census 2011)
