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

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Village · Karnah, Kupwara 

# Pararah

Pararah is a village in Karnah sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **193225**. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 242 households**, the 12th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 242households
- 62.1%literacy
- 193225PIN code

## Pararah PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pararah is 193225.** Pararah falls in Karnah sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code193225
- Gram panchayatSudpora
- Community development blockTeetwal
- Census village code000358

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

## How far is Pararah from nearby towns?

- Karnah (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Kupwara (district HQ)128 km by road
- Kupwara (nearest town)128 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 Pararah?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Pararah; 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 · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kupwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 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 Pararah known for?

The main crops are **maiza**. About 35% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Pararah

Of every 100 households in Pararah in 2011, 74 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pararah · ■ Karnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**63%

Tap water ****34%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**76%

Use banking services ****17%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**0%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pararah?

■ Pararah · ■ Karnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**807

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**901

Working population ****20.7%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 47.6% for women. 32% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (28%) · **■** Marginal 184 (71%)

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

- Gundi Gojran1,363 people
- Bahardas Koot1,338 people
- Ibkoote1,320 people
- Cham Koote1,318 people
- Hajinar1,231 people
- Tad1,185 people
- Amrooi1,128 people
- Teetwal1,035 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pararah?193225
- How far is Pararah from Kupwara?128 km by road
- What is the population of Pararah?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pararah in?Kupwara district (Karnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Pararah?62.1% (Census 2011)