Haigam is a census village in Baramulla district, Jammu & Kashmir, India.[3] As per the 2011 Census of India, Haigam has a total population of 6,212 people including 3,148 males and 3,064 with a literacy rate of 60.61%.[4]

Haigam
Village
Haigam is located in Jammu and Kashmir
Haigam
Haigam
Location in Jammu and Kashmir
Haigam is located in India
Haigam
Haigam
Haigam (India)
Coordinates: 34°14′31″N 74°29′56″E / 34.2420°N 74.4988°E / 34.2420; 74.4988
Country India
Union TerritoryJammu and Kashmir
DistrictBaramulla
TehsilSopore
Area
 • Total560.9 ha (1,386.0 acres)
Elevation
1,584 m (5,197 ft)
Population
 • Total6,212
Languages
 • OfficialKashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,, English[1]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN
193202[2]
Telephone Code01954
Vehicle registrationJK-05
Literacy56.81%
Village Code002219
Websitebarammulla.nic.in

A 4,800-year-old pot found in apple orchard at Haigam is named after American actress Kim Kardashian.[5]

Haigam is also one of the militancy-affected areas in Jammu & Kashmir district.[6][7][8][9]

Tourism edit

The Haigam lake is interest of tourist visit.[10][11][12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ "HAIGAM Pin Code". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ^ India; Election Commission (1976). Delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976. New Delhi: Election Commission, India. p. 627.
  4. ^ "Primary census abstract data for scheduled tribes, Jammu and Kashmir - District Baramula - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ^ Qamrain, Noor Ul (17 September 2017). "Kashmir names neolithic pot 'Kim Kardashian'". The Sunday Guardian Live. The Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ India; Parliament; Lok Sabha (2001). "Lok Sabha Debates". Lok Sabha Debates: 19. ISSN 0445-6769 – via WorldCat.
  7. ^ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002). World Report 2002 : Events of 2001, November 2000-November 2001. New York: Human Rights Watch. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-56432-267-8.
  8. ^ Pakistan; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001). "Foreign Affairs Pakistan". Foreign Affairs Pakistan. 28 (3): 254, 257 – via WorldCat.
  9. ^ Rao, Aparna; Bollig, Michael; Böck, Monika (2011). The Practice of War : Production, Reproduction and Communication of Armed Violence. Oxford: Berghahn. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-85745-141-5.
  10. ^ Lone, Farooq A; Khan, Maqsooda; Buth, Ghulam Mohd (2020). Palaeoethnobotany : Plants and Ancient Man in Kashmir. Boca Raton, US: CRC Press. pp. 5–97. ISBN 978-1-003-07945-3.
  11. ^ Bhatt, Saligram (2008). Kashmiri Scholars Contribution to Knowledge and World Peace. Kashmir Education, Culture, and Science Society. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp. p. 230. ISBN 978-81-313-0402-0.
  12. ^ Nauk, Polska Akademia Nauk; Orientalistyczna, Komisja (1978). "Folia orientalia". Folia orientalia (in German). 19–21: 134, 135. ISSN 0015-5675 – via WorldCat.