Handwara

Handwara is a town in Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Block Development Council of Kupwara district.

As on February 2026, the current population of Handwara is 0 out of which 0 are males and rest 0 are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1000 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.9 thousands teenagers in Handwara. It has literacy rate of 100% which means around 0 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 0 households in Handwara, which means every family has many members on average. The town has working population of 0.

Schools

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

• Bhss Handwara
• Ghss Handwara
• Hill Grange School
• Monarch School Handwara
• New Millenium Public School

Handwara Block Development Council

Handwara Block Development Council consists of total 15 Halqa Panchayat.

• Baderhar
• Baderkali
• Chogal
• Kulangam A
• Maidan Chogal
• Maindan Chogal-II
• Shahal
• Bakhihakar
• Machipora
• Kulangam B
• Wadipora A
• Wadipora B
• Gonipora
• Badkote
• Dudipora

Other villages in Handwara Tehsil

Handwara Tehsil has total 9 villages which are currently not mapped to any Halqa Panchayat.

• Bagatpora
• Batapora
• Braripora
• Doreshpora
• Handwara
• Kachwari
• Khanbal
• Khirman Hanood
• Khirmnan Nandram