Shalgam, Bijbehara

Shalgam is a village and Halqa Panchayat of the Bijbehara Tehsil in Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir, which falls under Bijibehara block. It belongs to Anantnag parliament constituency and Bijbehara assembly constituency. Talat Mehmood Wani is the President of Shalgam Halqa Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address talat@gmail.com and mobile number 60068xxx32. The Secretary is Shakoor Ah Bhat, who can be reached at email address shakor@gmail.com and mobile number 88999xxx06. The Panchayat address is Shalgam, Bijbehara, Pincode - 192124. You can reach there by taking a bus till Shalgam bus stop which is less than a km away.

As on April 2024, the current population of Shalgam is 2.5 thousands out of which 1.3 thousands are males and rest 1.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 978 females per 1000 males. There are around 364 teenagers in Shalgam. It has literacy rate of 47% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 51 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 368 households in Shalgam, which means every family has 7 members on average. The village has working population of 1.3 thousands. The pincode of Shalgam is 192124 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bijbehara Sub Post office
• Shalgam Branch Post office
• Shamsipora Branch Post office
• Kanilwan Branch Post office
• Urran Hall Branch Post office

Schools

Shalgam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Public English Med Higher Secondary School
• Delhi Public School Anantnag
• Cambridge Public High School
• Ghss Bijbehara
• Bhss Bijbehara

Hospitals

Shalgam has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Mac Tulkhan Sub-Center
• Mac Arwani Sub-Center
• Sub-Center Lactypora

Banks

Shalgam has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• ICICI Bank Bijbehara
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Arwani
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Panzgam Pulwama
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Tokuna, Pulwama
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Veeri

Covered villages

Shalgam Halqa Panchayat manages total 3 villages.

• Indermuni
• Shalgam
• Shiti Pora