# Pinjorah Village, Shopian, Shupiyan (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Shopian, Shupiyan 

# Pinjorah

Pinjorah is a village in Shopian sub-district of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted **4,870 people in 818 households**, the 3rd largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 4,870people (2011)
- 818households
- 68.1%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Pinjorah PIN code and other codes

Pinjorah falls in Shopian sub-district, Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- Gram panchayatPinjorah -C
- Community development blockShopiyan
- Census village code003421

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

## How far is Pinjorah from nearby towns?

- Shopian (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Shopian (district HQ)2 km by road
- Shopiyan (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 Pinjorah?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Pinjorah; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 3 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Shopian
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- 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 Pinjorah known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 68% of the 514 hectares of village land is sown, and 288 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 Pinjorah

Of every 100 households in Pinjorah in 2011, 98 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 22 a car.

■ Pinjorah · ■ Shopian rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**36%

Tap water ****100%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**52%

Television ****71%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****22%**

**8%

None of these assets ****3%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pinjorah?

■ Pinjorah · ■ Shopian rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**882

Working population ****40.0%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 57.7% for women. 52% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 712 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (3%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 461 (24%) · **■** Marginal 713 (37%)

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 Shopian

- Hir Pora8,540 people
- Dev Pora8,275 people
- Ram Nagri4,747 people
- Sherabad4,289 people
- Wachi3,943 people
- Sedheve3,819 people

[All 229 villages in Shopian](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/shupiyan/shopian/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pinjorah from Shopian?2 km by road
- What is the population of Pinjorah?4,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pinjorah in?Shupiyan district (Shopian sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Pinjorah?68.1% (Census 2011)
