Soom, Kalakote
Soom is a village and Halqa Panchayat of the Kalakote Tehsil in Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir, which falls under Kalakote block. Abdul Khaliq is the President of Soom Halqa Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address bdokalakote@gmail.com and mobile number 84920xxx51. The Secretary is Naseem Ahmed, who can be reached at email address sasanvipan432@gmail.com and mobile number 97970xxx70. The Panchayat address is Soom, Pincode - 185202. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kalakote bus stop which is very far away.
As on March 2025, the current population of Soom is 955 out of which 496 are males and rest 459 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 925 females per 1000 males. There are around 193 teenagers in Soom. It has literacy rate of 38% which means around 367 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 727 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 214 households in Soom, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 485. The pincode of Soom is 185202 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Kalakot Sub Post office
- Jignicoal Branch Post office
- Panjnara Branch Post office
- Sair Branch Post office
- Metka Branch Post office
Schools
Soom has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
Covered villages
Soom Halqa Panchayat manages total 3 villages.