# Karhama Village, Karnah, Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Karhama

Karhama is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 66 households**, the 34th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 313people (2011)
- 66households
- 37.6%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Karhama PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatTeetwal
- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000329

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

## How far is Karhama from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)106 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)106 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 Karhama?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Karhama; 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 school5–10 km · Teetwal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kupwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Karnah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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 Karhama known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. Products made here include wooden planks. About 38% of the 48 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Karhama

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

■ Karhama · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**17%

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

**18%

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

**76%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**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 Karhama?

■ Karhama · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.6%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**901

Working population ****27.5%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.7% for men and 28.3% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 14 (16%) · **■** Marginal 70 (81%)

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

- Shamis Pora435 people
- Badwan432 people
- Tarbuni406 people
- Jabri347 people
- Bijidarah238 people
- Gundi Shorth210 people
- Chat Kari189 people
- Hindwal176 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Karhama from Kupwara?106 km by road
- What is the population of Karhama?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karhama in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Karhama?37.6% (Census 2011)