# Kawni Village, Awantipora, Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Awantipora, Pulwama 

# Kawni

Kawni is a village in Awantipora sub-district of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **419 people in 63 households**, the 38th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 419people (2011)
- 63households
- 57.7%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Kawni PIN code and other codes

Kawni falls in Awantipora sub-district, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatNaina Batpora
- Community development blockPulwama
- Census village code003026

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

## How far is Kawni from nearby towns?

- Awaintipora (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Pulwama (district HQ)23 km by road
- Beijbehara (nearest town)15 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 Kawni?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kawni; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Panzgam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pulwama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pulwama
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 8 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 Kawni known for?

About 67% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Kawni

Of every 100 households in Kawni in 2011, 81 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kawni · ■ Awantipora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**96%

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

**47%

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

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**87%

Use banking services ****100%**

**65%

Television ****29%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**7%

None of these assets ****23%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kawni?

■ Kawni · ■ Awantipora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****720**

**827

Working population ****23.6%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 43.4% for women. 43% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 23 (23%) · **■** Marginal 74 (75%)

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 Awantipora

- Now Gam Ullar497 people
- Odi Pora Shahoora493 people
- Chakhar432 people
- Aghanji Pora425 people
- Gori Kadal372 people
- Marza Pora288 people
- Partab Pora235 people
- Kanli Bagh180 people

[All 46 villages in Awantipora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/pulwama/awantipora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kawni from Pulwama?23 km by road
- What is the population of Kawni?419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kawni in?Pulwama district (Awantipora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Kawni?57.7% (Census 2011)