About Wangam Village

Wangam is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 386, made up of 212 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.4 hectares hectares.

Wangam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wangam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	47.4 hectares
Population	386
Male Population	212
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wangam compares

By the 2011 count Wangam is the 168th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 47.4 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Wangam

Wangam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wangam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wangam from other places

Wangam lies about 24 km from Kupwara. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Wangam
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	10 km
Nearest town	Sopur	12 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	24 km

Villages closest to Wangam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Wangam

As per the Census of India 2011, Wangam village had a population of 386. That makes it the 168th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Wangam village has 212 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wangam has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Wangam covers 47.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Wangam falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Wangam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Wangam.

Wangam is about 24 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wangam is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 10 km away. Sopur is about 12 km away. Kupwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.