# Wagam Village, Pulwama, Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) – PIN Code

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Village · Pulwama, Pulwama 

# Wagam

Wagam is a village in Pulwama sub-district of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 92 households**, the 148th largest of 187 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 565people (2011)
- 92households
- 71.0%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Wagam PIN code and other codes

Wagam falls in Pulwama sub-district, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatKarimabad
- Community development blockKakapora
- Census village code003284

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

## How far is Wagam from nearby towns?

- Pulwama (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Pulwama (district HQ)1 km by road
- Pulwama (nearest town)2 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 Wagam?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Wagam; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pulwama
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Wagam known for?

About 64% of the 73 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 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 Wagam

Of every 100 households in Wagam in 2011, 99 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Wagam · ■ Pulwama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**86%

Use banking services ****75%**

**60%

Television ****74%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**79%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**7%

None of these assets ****1%**

**9%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Wagam?

■ Wagam · ■ Pulwama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1179**

**793

Working population ****48.5%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 59.4% for women. 52% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (23%) · **■** Marginal 206 (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 Pulwama

- Zahed Bag580 people
- Kati Bug576 people
- Yadder Shahoora574 people
- Mugal Pora Cherath565 people
- Pach Har560 people
- Gund Achan555 people
- Wogra Gund508 people
- Tumchi Nowpora499 people

[All 191 villages in Pulwama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/pulwama/pulwama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Wagam from Pulwama?1 km by road
- What is the population of Wagam?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wagam in?Pulwama district (Pulwama sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Wagam?71.0% (Census 2011)
