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 December 2024, the current population of Handwara is 15.3 thousands out of which 8.3 thousands are males and rest 7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 843 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.9 thousands teenagers in Handwara. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 10.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 66 people belonging to scheduled caste and 18 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 2.3 thousands households in Handwara, which means every family has 7 members on average. The town has working population of 4.6 thousands.

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