Wagum, Newa

Wagum is a village located in the Pulwama Tehsil of Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Newa block and comes under Wagam Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Anantnag parliament constituency and Rajpora assembly constituency.

As on July 2025, the current population of Wagum is 637 out of which 316 are males and rest 321 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1016 females per 1000 males. There are around 85 teenagers in Wagum. It has literacy rate of 60% which means around 385 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 104 households in Wagum, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 309. The pincode of Wagum is 192301 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Pulwama Sub Post office
• Murram Branch Post office
• Newa Branch Post office
• Lajoora Branch Post office
• Mitrigam Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Lyceum International School Pulwama
• Gghss Pulwama
• Bhss Pulwama
• Solace International School Pulwama
• Al-Habib Public School

Hospitals

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

• Koil Sub-Center
• Lassipora Sub-Center
• Pathen Sub-Center
• Pahoo Sub-Center
• Ticken Sub-Center

Banks

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

• HDFC Bank Pulwama
• HDFC Bank Parigam
• ICICI Bank Pulwama
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Abhama
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank Kareemabad